“Whether you call this time spring or mud season, it still means we are closer to summer! I am so excited. The warmer weather and sunlight feel like a huge weight is lifted off my shoulders and chest.”

“I present to you this absolute masterpiece: a collection of mindblowing haikus to represent my AmeriCorps term with the Lakes Region Conservation Corps.”

“I am incredibly grateful for the experiences I have had thus far serving with the Squam Lakes Association, and I am stoked to see what other skills and titles I will acquire by the end of my service term!”

“Every morning I wake up with the woods and the sun.”

“I could not focus on even being nervous to meet my new co-servers, because my Californian reptilian tendencies failed me at my attempt of  thermoregulation.”

“I’ve never been much of a public speaker, but leading these events with amiable crowds has really helped me feel comfortable giving presentations”

“Groundhog day is only a few weeks away and fingers crossed Punxsutawney Phil decides that there’s 6 more weeks of winter, because winter has hardly even started.”

“It’s never-ending: I’m cold, jacket on. I’m hot, jacket off. Oh, snap, it’s cold, jacket on. Repeat until I am off the trail.”

“I have now been serving with Green Mountain for a over a month and have felt a great weight lifted off of me.”

“I cannot deny my deficient southern tolerance to the cruel northeast cold.”