Waiting for my flight at Philly Airport...

Well, Spring Break 2008 is finally here. It was very much needed after eight weeks straight of interviews, exams, homework and organizing the Future Forum committee. So here I am, waiting for a flight to Mississippi, and I am still doing work for IST 431. At least I have something interesting to write about and some time to kill.

Since I spent all my money traveling to Quebec and London over Christmas, I needed to find a way to do something fun and cheap over Spring break. As it turns out, I noticed in an email sent to the students in IST asking for volunteers to participate in an Alternative Spring Break (ASB). (Fuck...they just announced that my flight got delayed an hour because of the shitty rainy weather by the way.) Anyways, the ASB was sponsored by a partnership between Deloitte and United Way. They were going to take 80 kids across the nation and a couple dozen recruiters to Biloxi, Mississippi to help rebuild a town that is still devastated by Hurricane Katrina. Everything was going to be paid for including the flight, the housing, the meals and the transportation. This seemed right up my alley. I could go to a place I've never been before, meet 100 new people, give back to the community and not have to pay a dime. Werd to that.

From looking at the website and doing a little research, Biloxi looks like it got some work done on it by Katrina. (FUCK...my 10:00 am flight has been delayed till 1:00 pm. Will I ever even get there??? Turns out that it is snowing in Atlanta, where I have to transfer. I guess they are freaking out a little bit. How often does it snow in Atlanta??) There are three different “action teams” that the students are on. One had to do with community development, ones doing like surveys and recommendations or something, and my team is doing straight up house building. I am really happy about this. I use my head enough during the school year so I am trying to get my hands a little dirty.

We are staying a hotel right on the Gulf of Mexico, and that will be nice. I've had a few friends do ASB's like this before and apparently they had to sleep on the floor of YMCAs. Alright, well I am almost out of battery on my laptop and I guess I have to figure out what to do if I miss my flight out of Atlanta. I'm gonna get on the horn with some of the Deloitte recruiters and see if they have any suggestions. I'll let you know how it goes.