Birmingham 1 - HIV-AIDS


SATURDAY MARCH 24, 2013

“So. Y’all know how to Twerk it?”

Here are some highlights from the drive down to Alabama:
-          Naomi was 35 minutes late and then acted like we were running behind to pick her up (“So, I’m waiting on the curb, where are yall?”)
-          Treyon pretended to be ready and then fell back asleep while we waited outside his apartment
-          Lambert’s. Rolls are thrown. The rumors are true.
-          Brittni’s hair looked great throughout the entire road trip.
-          “Emily looks like a girl who knows how to twerk.” – Treyon
-          Sidenote: Emily cannot twerk.
-          Alyssa drives like an 105 year old woman who has no where to be because all of her friends died years ago.
We rolled up to St. Francis of Assisi at 7:45 PM and a wonderful woman named Angela showed us around the beautiful retreat center, which we were pretty sure was the nicest ASB facility until we saw that one group staying somewhere with a pool and we’re not bitter we’re just saying, our housing is blessed by Father Paul and we doubt your pool has holy water so whatever. Oh, and we met Father Paul, who has an undetectable accent and is generally freaking awesome.

The retreat center we’re staying in is a spacious old brick building with a large kitchen, open dining area and comfortable living room. There are more than enough rooms upstairs to stay in, each with four beds and a bathroom. We saw that on of the ASB groups is staying in that creepy cabin from that one horror movie, and we’re sorry for you.

After settling in, Amber, BK and Emily did some yoga, which Treyon called “yogurt” and consistently shook his head at (“I don’t understand yogurt. Just twerk instead”). Nick and Alyssa established a schedule and koom-by-yah share circle after each service day as well as beginning word-assassin. Some people got really difficult terms like “Carnival Cruise” and “Kryptonite”. Others, namely the person who was given Brittni, had incredibly easy words like “squat” that guarantee that she would get out quickly. I’m sure that was not Nick’s intention the same way I’m sure Bill Self’s hair is real.

We also went around and stated our reasons for preferencing this trip and learned some pretty awesome things like…
-          Naomi is an amazing poet who feels passionately about social justice issues (she studies AIDs trends in African American women in the D.C. area). She also writes plays!
-          Amber’s mom is a Nurse Practiconer who works with infectious diseases and she has a ton of background with AIDs research
-          Wes and Troy work out together all the time
-          Alyssa is extremely interested in public health policy
-          Ashley loves to rock climb

We passed the rest of the evening playing Werewolf, Signs, and various card games, all of which Alyssa is really awful at.

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