Good Morning! Its a little bit less than 10 in the morning Central Standard Time on Tuesday. I did not have to go to my practicum today because the elementary school is on Spring Break this week. Its so nice to have a whole day without anything that I have to do, except my own to-do list. Since it is Spring Break this week I will be going home on Thursday till next Monday morning for the Easter weekend. I will see my family. . . even though my dad won't get back from South America until Easter Sunday Morning. I am not sure when we are going to make it to church plus pick him up.

Yesterday I took a bus with some people to an immigration reform rally in KCMO. Well, so I met these people on campus to go up with them because that is what one of my friend's suggested from social work classes. I did not realize, however, that everyone except me in this group considered themselves anarchists. I do not consider myself an anarchist really, so I was like great I just wanted to come to support immigrant rights. The whole bus ride there they are talking about revolutions and radical stuff. Then I as everyone else were informed on what to do if we were arrested what we can say and what we do not have to say. They even gave us a phone number to call for our one phone call if we were arrested. I was a little nervous. I was not planning on being arrested and if this group was then I might have to separate. And on top of that these immigrant marches and rallies all across the nation have been peaceful the immigrants I am sure do not want to cause more trouble to themselves. So we got there and the group definitely did not fit in and I was them and already did not fit in as a "gringo" I am sure. They even had this weird anarchist flag to go with everyone's US and Mexican ones. So when all the immigrants are chanting "USA!" and talking about how they are part of America my anarchists friends were all like "no rise up and destroy the system" kind of the opposite of the point. I separated myself as much as I could and talked to a little kid a little bit in Spanish. I did enjoy chanting "Si, se puede" though with everyone else. The rally in KC though was definitely not as organized as other cities marches. They were not hundreds of thousands of people maybe a third or less of immigrants in the city. They did not all wear white for peace and it wasn't all US flags, there were plenty of Mexican flags and other countries. I am not saying this is bad but in other cities the focus has turned more to "we all are the US" and "American Flags" and all of that. I was glad to be there as a supporter and I saw it as a positive step for KC, a city with a lot of room to grow in this area.

My college years/experience are almost over. . . I am excited to be done for a while, but I don't have a job yet and I am not sure if I am ready for my life to change so much. My schedule is going to be so different than a lot of my friends as a working guy, well sometime and no big summer break. I guess I am ready. . .