Colorado Service Trip Response

I had an amazing time on the Colorado service trip!  It was really nice to go back in a smaller group with less of an itinerary.  Trying sushi was so much fun and absolutely delicious.  While I did miss having late-night soul-bearing discussions, that's not the kind of trip we were on... though I might try to implement that on the next trip.

Service was really fun, I generally do wish that I was stronger and more tank-like, but I suppose I should take it one step at a time to achieve a Leah-like work ability.  It was nice to be outside again, I didn't realize how much I have missed the sun.

Just as I knew I would, I packed too many clothes (but no deodorant), and I definitely need to work on the amount of stuff that I have in my life on a day-to-day basis.  That being said had I brought my swimsuit, I could have sat in the hot tub at the last hotel, but I obviously did fine without that.

There was no part of the trip that was bad.   The ride down and back was a smidge long, but none of the music played was offensive and no one was annoying at all.  I was never afraid for my life, so that's awesome.

I would have liked to have gotten more (if any) homework done, but as I didn't plan to originally, I'm not upset about it.  Everything I would have done I got done on Monday night so I'm not even stressed out about anything anymore.

On this service trip, I learned more about what is needed for flood recovery and how difficult it is to dig out and detangle a plastic fence from around a tree.  I know that's a life-skill so I'm pretty excited I have that down now.  I also learned about my body's own tolerance for manual labor.  Apparently, it exceeds the work that we did on the trip as I didn't occur any lasting injuries or PTSD from it.

I would definitely encourage everyone to go on the next scholars service trip.  It was an excellent opportunity to both explore a new city, volunteer, and get to know your fellow scholars on a very different level.  Once you've confused someone's head for an alarm clock there is nothing weirder you could possibly do, so you don't even need to worry about that.  I do wish, however, that we would have been able to go to more scientific museums (perhaps something about opiates?) but, I also really enjoyed the activities we did at night... so I don't know if I would have traded them up.

Anyways, the overall concept of this reflection is that I had a really good time on the Colorado service trip and I am so glad that I went!