Finally Arrived!!!!

So, after about 10 hours of driving in a crazy packed bus, we finally made it. We had some issues with some cops through Alabama. Apparently the cops there like being foolish. After two cops passed us with the lights on and then just turned off the lights we decided we were pretty happy not to be at a site in Alabama. The drive went by pretty fast, at least my part did. That might have been due to the fact that I was driving at almost 90 miles per hour. Don't judge me, I wanted to get my part of the drive over with. We stopped in Tallahassee to eat some Shooneys, definitely not the worst breakfast buffet I've ever had. After that it was time to hit the road again. We stopped again after a few minutes, just a quick break nothing crazy. We were supposed to stop in mobile but decided it was best to keep pushing forward. Lucky for us since right after we decided not to stop all the madness with the cops went down. We finally entered Mississippi and were happily surprised. The site looks pretty nice, obviously nothing extravagant but a lot better than I suppose some other trips have. We are staying in a hostel type place with heaps of bunk beds in each room. Poor Antoine has to stay in a different room since he's got the XY chromosome. Sucks for him I guess. Too bad there are no locks on the doors to the dorms nor are there any big lockers. Not really sure what I'm going to do with my laptop. Hopefully there are some hidden lockers somewhere in this crazy building. We have orientation at 5pm then dinner. I don't know how much I'm looking forward to dinner. As a vegetarian, I am slightly hesitant when it comes to eating at religious type places. You never know what they're going to feed you. Funny story, I definitely dropped the F bomb entering this religious institution. I got some funny looks but mostly people just laughed. I think that's a good indication of things to come, hopefully.

All in all I'd say the trip went better than expected. The group is a lot more open to me than I thought they'd be. I'm glad I was able to fit in well enough. It seems that we may get along quite well. I just have to keep my mind sound and not let little things get to me on this trip. I have to keep reminding myself of the bigger picture. I am doing something for the community.