Go Memphis! Grow Memphis!

     Memphis, Tennessee: Here, in the volunteer state, I find myself within a church--it's dark, chilly, and a we're pretty sure it's haunted. I sit here blogging, reminiscing of the days happenings, a long, work-filled, exciting day. After driving in a van big enough for a circus for hours upon end and taking pictures for this competition, we arrived at our destination. By the way, no one can beat Memphis; New Orleans has nothing on us, well except for photos with random souvenirs. The candy is ours. Anyhow, we stumbled upon a church, oxymoronically called Idlewild Church. The guy in charge told us a few ghost stories, not realizing my susceptibility to the paranormal. Walking to the bathroom is a fun as talking to a Mizzou fan. Speaking of basketball tradition, the night with the alumni and watching the game was incredibly epic. Too close of game, we praise Monica for her over-hugging of the Jayhawk. Hopefully, the luck will continue this Friday. *fingers-crossed.

     Finally, I awoke upon today ready to hit up the gardens. Heading to Mid-South Center for Peace and Justice, we find ourselves meeting Chris, the advisor for the upcoming week. We go to the only grounds that GrowMemphis actually owns. We began to shovel the compost, running into snakes, worms, and other critter crawlers. All along with our cute little dog friend, Willow. We're here to build a community garden that the locals can grow fresh food and then use them for ingredients. Hoeing and tilling in the sun leads to hard work, and an actual farmers tan. We headed to lunch, at the center. After an adventure of the area, we ran over to the greenhouse. Avoiding a car accident, all because of Erin's "NOOOOOOOOIIIII!!!!!" We successfully transferred plants from compost to cups of dirt to make the transfer of plants from greenhouse to garden easier and more beneficial.

     Returning from a long day of work, I look forward to tomorrow's similar yet completely new experience for the day. I thought today was both interesting and accomplishing, learning of the environment and its workings. I can't wait for the rest of the week. The best parts is working with my team of ladies. As a man on the trolley said, "He's like Charlie Sheen--winning." Anyway, Kylie, the quiet attitude-filled one; Monica, or Momica, the motherly, perplexed one; Sara J, the cawt-up klutz,  driving us around, whom is only beat by Erin, the klutzy, hilarious, fun-filled one; Shannon, the peppy, up-tempo, hardworking one, and of course Sara, our resident hipper (hippy-hipster). And, Lisa...my laugh stealer. A team that I have driven up a wall, but I still enjoy their presence...we'll see by the end of the week. And off to bed, sleeping for the next day.

Btw, Monica is possessed by Eliza beware.