ImagiNation

Compromise

I wanted to make this new part of my blog about my AmeriCorp VISTA experience. I suppose what I'm about to write really is still. I'm broke. As a volunteer I am to live at or under the poverty level so that I know what is like to live like the people I help. Over the weekend my boyfriend's car broke down. Well actually it was his mother's car, I actually am driving his car. I feel as if I should give the car back to him. I also have the feeling that with both of us driving it, that car is sure to die soon too. As I mentioned in the Wheel of Life entry, I want nothing more than to move out of his parents house. It has been years since I have had a place to call my home. For years I have had a place to live, but nothing about it is mine.

So now what do I do? My job requires that I have reliable transportation. My brother's girlfriend wants to sell me her car-- but if I do that there is no way I can move out. At least I cannot think of any way to get both the car and move out. Being poor sucks. It is so hard to go without just basic things. Sometimes I have to go to corporate offices for meetings and I feel poor because my clothes are cheap.

Perhaps I should just get some of my things out of storage and put them up in his room. Though there really isn't any extra space for that. At least if I buy the car I will have something else to make mine.

posted by imagine @ 10:16 AM 0 comments

Community Garden

I had this idea. Poof! there it was suddenly in my head. In order to make this whole VISTA experience really mean something to me I knew I could not simply just do what the VISTA before me left behind. That is her legacy. She made our non-profit into a VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) site. We do taxes for those that make under $50,000 a year for free because everyone is entitled to it. So great, I get to learn tax law and how to file taxes. It is really a great thing.

But it is not my passion. I love to garden. As I mentioned before, I don't have one of my own. And neither does St. Anthony's, the site of our ESL school and across the street from the Sister Visitor Center. But I'm going to CHANGE that! They have accepted MY idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to do something constructive with my life! Yay!

posted by imagine @ 1:35 PM 0 comments