Good bye my home !!

Well today we went to the Mandarin and I might say it was really good . It was so much fun to spend the last day outside of work. Cindy, Dan and I went out for a bit. After this I had to say godbye to Dan and again it was soo hard. He is like a brother to me and I am going tomiss him so much . When we arrived back at the village I got to go on one more trip to headqaurters. I spent my time in records and to be honest it was so cool. It was really cool to see how everything comes together in the officer. I got to see where all the records were kept and let me tell you IT IS SOOO MUCH !! After 2:45 I headed back to the village to say goodbye. I said my goodbyes and cried again... to be honest sir it was like leaving my family. It was so hard.. the hardest part for me was not being able to say goodbye to Bruce. I think that almost killed me . He is like a father to me and he always took the time to talk and see how I was doing , or share that laugh with me.. I am going to miss him very much. Now to Cindy... I do not think I let go of her.. she was the person who got me through , who guided me , who pushed me to go that extra mile and for that I cannot thank her enough. Without her .. my life would not be the same .. I AM GOING TO MISS IT HERE SO MUCH !! I am even crying writing this message !!

Wednesday.. never a right time to say goodbye...

I tihnk today was the most HARDEST day for me. This was the last time I was going to see jodi at my co op . I walked in and she just said .. this is m y last day I get to see you and she hugged me and I knew I had to hold back the tears for now. Cindy and I did not do very much today .. just fixed up some books while she went to headquarters. The next thing I knew Jodi walks in the room . And I knew it was time. I had to say goodbye. I started to cry my eyes out. This was extremely hard for me. Along side with Cindy she is like my second mom. She just hugged me and then pulled back for a bit and I began to cry even more and she huged me once more and then left, which I think was the right thing.. kind of like going to the airport to say goodbye...you knwo if you just stay it is going to make things worse. Jodi has touched my life in so many ways and I am going to miss her very much . However .. it is just goodbye at the co op. Her and I still stay in contact and are planning to spend some time together .. MAYBE EVEN A RIDE ALONG :P !!!

Tuesday with brenda boo and marryy!!

Sadly I did not get to teach with Cindy today. HEr husbands aunt past away from cancer and the funeral was today. I was sad that I did not get to teach my last class with her. While she was gone I did some paper work for her, restocked the shelves for next year. I did get to teach class with Brenda and Mary. It was kind of cool to see the different reactions with the children . They are alot more quiet when the KNOW it is a police officer. I had alot of fun with them today and they did such a good job for nto knowing what to do .Brenda says as long as you know the basics your set.

Monday !!! June 11

Today I only spent and hour and a half at my co op, but I have to say that it was one of my best days ever. I felt that I needed to do something for my second family. What I did was got everyone a gift. I got them something that truly represented them and what they did for me. This is what I got for each officer.

Bruce: A Frame with the meaning of his name , it talked about his personality to a tee, A picture of him and I that I drew, and a card saying how he was like a second dad and how much I was going to miss him. He truly gave me a new found confidence.

Laurel: I got her a card, and angel ingraved with her name , candels and a picture of her and I.

Brenda: I got her an angel figurine, a picture with brenda and I, and an angel ingraved with her name. She is such an inspirational figure to me !!

Drew: For Drew I got a candle that was engraved and said thank you for lighting up my life, and a card

Mary: She is like a second sister to me so I got her a candle that was ingraved with a poem that said , sisters; share each others secrets and laughter and always there for each other. Her and I also love Third watch and I got her a poster made. Along with a card that explaine how much she meant

Jodi. For Jodi I got her a single rose, A frame with her name and the meaning of it, again it had the description of her personality. Hers was exactly the same as her persona. I also drew her a picture of her and I and a card that told her how much she meant to me and how she was like a second mom.

Pam: I gave Pam an angel engraved with her name and I gave her candle holders, with a card.

Cindy: Cindy was the one who took me under her wing and guided me over the past months. I think I wrote on both sides of her card. I brought her a single rose , the frame with her name in it and the description of her personality. And lastly I drew a picture or her and I together.

Dan: Dan is the best, I am so happy Cindy picked him to do the morning co op . I got him a single rose and I got him the card that was talking about everytime we spent together.

I love them all TOO MUCH ! And it is going to be so hard leaving my family

Second last weekly post !!

I never thought I would say this... but I am going to miss doing these blogs. This week my relationships with Cindy, Jodi, Bruce, Brenda and Mary have gotten alot stronger. I realised that I am going to have a really hard time saying goodbye and letting go. My dad is Bi Polar so he cannot be arround large groups of people and my graduation is coming up. My mother is going to be there for sure but I had one extra ticket. I was going to invite Cindy but her daughter graduation is the same day, I told her she was invited. I then asked Jodi, She is my role model and a second mother to me and it would mean the world is she would be there. Honest to god I thought she was going to hug me till I died. She was honored that I asked her but she was unable to make it. Sir these people are so influential to me and I love them with all my heart. This is going to be the hardest thing for me to let go of this experience and the people. Although is had come to an end I know I am going to stay in touch with all of them . As a matter of fact I am coming to visit them all on prom night. I walked past their calenders and all I see is annmarie's prom night !! This made me so happy!!

So this weekend I did a little shopping for Cindy and all the officers. I got them something that would intially thank them for what they have done for me. I have never been so happy in my life before, I have never seen people do so much for one person. I feel so special. This was a once in a lifetime opportunity and now I must keep following the road ahead of me. I am just escited to walk into Cindy's office in my uniform in the next 3-4 years. It was wierd the other day I was just deciding to wait a few years to become a police officer .. but then I thought .. oh my goodness I am having such a hard time letting go and now I want to be doing this job AS SOON A POSSIBLE .. so no waiting for me !!

officer lavecchia

FRIDAY !!

Wow.. I just realised that this was the last friday I will have ever spent at the safety village.. this make me very sad ?Today I finished all the medals and got to see all the new people that were applying for the positions for next semester. You can tell how really wants it and who is there for just the heck of it. It is just sad to not see people want it really bad. I am going to mis it so much. In the mean time while Cindy was interveiwing Dan and I got to spend some time with the officers. Him and I love being with them. I got to talk to Jodi and Brenda and Bruce and make them laugh as usual. And we all decided to play a little prank on Mary. Her and I hate ants and my mom the other night placed this huge fake ant on my head and I started to scream. So I decided to take the trusty ant to co op. Jodi and Brenda were all like place it in her lunch box. So I did, but I thought it would be a little to extreme. Mary came back and had her lunch .. she was all happy and opened her lunch box and all of the sudden she stops and takes a good look. WHAT IS THIS !?!? And she dropped her lunch bag and start to kick the ant . It was so funny. I then went to go teach the bike program along side with Cindy, again the kids were getting out of hand. I just remember to stay focused and reinforce the rules. I found that this worked alot better !! And I did it. Ten minutes to three Cindy had to run to head quarters and left me behind to greet the co op student that was being interviewed. He was soo cute and so polite. I told Cindy that I approved of him... you could tell that he really wanted it. When Cindy arrived back I went in the officer and waited with Mary. She and I just talked about everything and I asked if she wanted to get together outside of co op and she just said MOST DEFINATELY !! Mary is like my second sister and she is EXACLTY like me !!

annmarie

Thursday .. stressful day !!

oh my goodness.. I am not going to lie the classes are getting a little harder to teach as the day go on. To be honest I think they should stop teaching classes a week earlier, Cindy and I find that the students to not pay attention. They are not listening to Cindy when she is trying to teach and when they are outside they do not obey the rules. We have had a few close calls this year and it is really starting to stress me out. When being outside you cannot just stay in one spot. YOU ALWAYS have to be moving. And literally there is not time to take a a 5 second break and breathe... you have to keep on moving. I walked in after the class and Mary saw me and was like : oh my gosh annmarie breathe. I was just in shock .. I have not had that many students before and it was a little difficult, but I am glad I did it . Cindy ALWAYS reassures me that everything is going to be ok and that I can do anything.. and it is so true, I think I can't. When we create no in our mind we are creating our own roadblocks. She has taught me to believe in myself !! I am so proud of myself.. I can do anything !! And it is because of Cindy.. my second mommy !!


annmarie