WHO DAT?! Super Bowl Sunday.

Not that I care much for football by any means (I only semi-enjoy the Bowl for the commercials and halftime show). I can say I somewhat care this year for the sole reason that Nawlins is in it.

Mmk, enough of that talk considering I'm not in NOLA anymore. I am in fact, still in Texas.

Here's what's been going on since I left you last: we've been attending an abundance of meetings, learning about United Way in general and the history of the North Texas Area United Way (NTAUW), meeting the NTAUW staff, training for taxes and becoming IRS certified to file said taxes. Currently we're doing taxes. And outreaching to people about taxes. We are filing taxes for people and families who make an income of $49,000 or less in Wichita Falls (at the Sikes Senter Mall and at the MLK Community Center) and the rural areas of Burkburnett (at the local Citi Bank), Henrietta (at the local library), and Iowa Park. Outreach consists of walking around said areas and putting up door hangers on peoples' doors with information about the free tax filing service provided by United Way and handing out fliers to local businesses and schools. The project itself is pretty dry, though I guess it's nice to see how appreciative people can be seeing as you're helping them file their taxes. And the people from United Way are more hospitable than we even expected them to be.

Besides work we've been getting a few ISPs in at the following places: Wichita Falls Streams and Valleys, Iowa Park Recreation Center, The Wichita Falls Area Food Bank, and Habitat for Humanity. We had a day of service at the Wichita Falls Adult Literacy Council. We also got tickets to a Midwestern State University basketball game (courtesy of United Way). On Friday there was a local hockey game but I attended Friday night services instead. A fellow teammate and I found the synagogue (yes, we found THE synagogue as in the only one in this neck of Texas!) so we've been going to services the past few weeks which is real nice. It feels like home considering most of the Jewish community members of WF are transplants from the NJ/NY area!

There's my update for y'all except... GEUX SAINTS! I can only imagine what it's like being in New Orleans right now.