This past week has been a bit of an emotional roller coaster for me. Due to some personal issues and trying to get stuff for school done, I feel that I haven't had time to truly focus on my local history project. I'm hoping to get all of my other stuff done this weekend so that way next week I can continue where I left off with it. I really want to make sure this project turns out the way I hope. To be completely honest, I really haven't done anything else since my last post where I met up with Larry. Not until yesterday when things were settling down for me did I call him to see if he wanted to retry the interview with me today. I asked him if there was any way that we could meet up somewhere more quiet, like the public library, but he said that he couldn't because he needed to stay at the trade center. The problem I've been having is that it's a bit difficult for me to make time to interview him during the week due to school and then transportation issues, and Larry cannot find time to do it during the weekend because he spends his entire weekend working at the trade center for the fundraising. It was completely understandable, but I was starting to get kind of frustrated. Larry also told me that he was leaving Wednesday for a meeting with other Indian tribes. He'd be gone for two weeks, and I knew then that my doors of opportunity were starting to close. I went through five phone calls with other people trying to find a way to somehow interview him before he left before finally calling Larry back and apologizing for not being able to interview him. I was extremely disappointed that I couldn't redo my interview with him, and I tried explaining to him what was going on right now. He was very sweet and understanding and even asked me if there was anything else he could do. It was then that I remembered the book he offered to lend me the first time we met up. I asked him if there was any way I could still use it because at least I could have something to work with, and when I was talking to him he simply interrupted and said, "I trust you completely. You can come by tomorrow and I'll give it to you." After nearly having a nervous breakdown, I finally calmed down a little bit and thanked Larry. At least I could have something that will still help me with my project.

After that stressful day, today I finally stopped by the trade center around 2:30 pm with my grandpa to go pick up the book, and when I finally got it, I was amazed. Not only did Larry give me the book about all of the details of Ennis Joslin road and the burial ground, but he also gave me tons of pictures that showed the actual construction site of where the skeletons were found! He told me that he's never even showed them to the public! I felt truly honored that Larry trusted me so much to give me the book and pictures, and I gave him my word that I wouldn't let anything happen to either one of the items. He really is a kind man. Since he's going to be gone for two weeks, I think that's more than enough time to get the information I need for this project before returning the book and pictures to him. As far as doing the oral history part of my project, I will most likely end up interviewing my other possible interviewee, Susana Gomez. She was the person I wanted to interview before I found out about Larry. She's one of my mother's clients, and she's also taken part in the Ennis Joslin Indian burial ground because she is Indian as well. Even if I can't get much information from our interview, I'll be thankful to at least have one oral history interview for my website.

Although the direction I was originally going for my project changed, (and I was stressed out of my mind), things turned out pretty okay in the end. I'm really hoping that I stay on the right path. I already have my website created, so now all I have to do is start adding things to it. I know the information I obtained today will really help. Sometimes I really wish there were more hours in the day. If I could, I would spend a lot more time working on this project. I just want it to turn out great, and I really want to leave an impact on our community. There's so much that people don't know about this burial ground, as well as the story of the Indians who first inhabited this area. I just really hope that it turns out the way I want it to. I'm going to start going through the book and pictures to see what I can use for my website, and I'm going to find out when I can try to meet up with Susana. Even though things get stressful sometimes, they always manage to work out in the end. That's how it's always been, and I'm really hoping that's what will happen with this project. I'll post some updates if I find anything interesting. Thanks for reading! :)