Monday through Friday my team and I spent the week working on CodeRed. CodeRed is an automated warning service for the city of Vicksburg. If an alert of any sort is made in the city of Vicksburg (fire, police, missing persons, etc), CodeRed will issue an automated message to be sent via phone to each telephone number that has registered for the service. WeatherWarn is also can be included in the automated message. The WeatherWarn message would be issued from the National Weather service when a weather emergency is in the area. Our role for the week was verifying local business information then calling each business to see if they would be interested in signing up for the service. Throughout the week I noticed that the majority of the businesses declined the service. I was surprised by this response because the service is free, and above all the service is providing each business with a sense of enhanced security and protection. Why would anyone decline a free service? On a lighthearted note, friday afternoon my team and I played a game of softball against another team on campus. I even managed to hit the ball each time I was up to bat!! Take that Baseball Wii!! Once again I’m bummed that I did not encourage myself to play sports growing up!! Goodness I missed out on a lot of fun experiences.
Saturday was another relaxing day. No matter how hard the other days of the week may try, saturday will always be my favorite day of the week. Becca and I have gotten in the routine of watching movies while we lounge around in our pajamas for most the day. We take breaks for lunch and dinner, then normally resume to our movie.
Sunday Jocelyn, Becca and I decided to rotate churches and attended a Methodist church. Of the few that I’ve been to so far in Vicksburg, I think I liked the Methodist service the least. I didn’t really get anything out of it, but nonetheless I’m proud of myself for opening my eyes to other denominations. Afterwards the three of us partook in the weekly tradition of lunch at McAlisters. I will definitely miss that restaurant after these 10 months!
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