Yesterday morning, getting up for work was painfully hard. In the car on the way there, i'd almost decided to give up my shift permanently. It's just so hard to get up in the mornings these days. Late nights, not enough sleep, no energy... i need time to sleep in, just one morning a week! But then i got to work, and my little darlings were there, full of cuddles and smiles and cuteness. Sure, i had a few screamers, which left my hearing permenently damaged, i'm sure. But i can't give up the adorable little ones... so i'll keep the job. Good news? I've gone up to $13.60 an hour, which is almost a reasonable wage! Very exciting.
I had youth group last night, and Dr.B and i did our usual job of pulling something out of our hats. We played 'Plan C' - the kids new favourite game, involving bandanas, the dark and a strange version of capture the flag. They love it. After playing for two and a half hours last week, they wanted to play again! There's always some bizzare injury - last night a kid ran backwards into a wallwall and we all just kept on playing! At some point they were running around, chanting 'NO RESPECT FOR LIFE!! NO RESPECT FOR LIFE!!' - it was very Lord of the Flies...
Afterwards, i went and watched movies and ate pizza with English. We watched Alien v Predator: Requiem, then sat in the dark chatting for awhile, before he decided that he wanted to watch some of Ally McBeal - i fell asleep in the time that it took him to get addicted. Now he's asking for constant updates. By the time i left, it was 3am and i was exhausted - i made it home in five minutes and was in bed in ten, out like a light! So much for my early night!
I was talking love and relationships with English later today; he was giving me the advice he'd gleaned from Ally McBeal the night before. First, he informed me that you sometimes you didn't know when you were in the right relationship, but you could always tell when you were in the wrong one. The, he was explaining that euphoria at being in a relationship could often be confused with being in love. I love how a half hour of television gives him a psychology degree. My latest line of thinking? relationships are like governments; each one has it's own set of rules and by-laws... you just have to figure them out...
The sermon tonight was all about binge drinking; it was completely unaccusatory and non-judgemental, but i think a fair few of us found it quite confronting. One of the women gave a testimonial that was very emotional, i admired her bravery in being able to share. One thing she said really stuck with me; our successes may not be permanent, but neither are our failiures. Things ended on a subdued note, but i think we all came away from it having learnt something. We talked about finding the strength to stay away from all of the things that bring us down. Just like vegetarians and people from the Biggest Loser may salivate over a plate of mouthwatering bacon, we need to learn to stay away from temptation. There's no need to test ourselves when we can just walk away. The trick is in finding the strength to just turn your back. Beware the bacon!
They sung happy birthday to me (and the few others who've had birthdays in the last week or so) - which embarassed me incredibly, as i backed out of the room! Still, it's sweet that they care, i love them for it.
Another conversation that arose from tonight was all about our minor-superpowers. What are they? They're the little talents that we all have; not quite in the same league as being invisible, or having superstrength, but nonetheless they're fun little talents. Examples? Some of the boys claimed to have the power to know exactly when to change lanes to avoid annoying people who turn off at the last minute. Other powers that came up were the power to find cheap musical equiptment, to copy voices, to be able to tell a girls cup-size offhand... totally pointless powers, but amusing anyway. I can tell, i'll spend the next few days trying to figure out if i've got any of these not-so-superpowers!!
Right, time to get back to work - i've got my first moot for my contracts class tomorrow, which i'm pretty nervous about. I have to dress up, present my case, field questions from the judges and know the case inside and out. I've not quite finished my submission yet, but i'll be there soon enough! Wish me luck...
I had youth group last night, and Dr.B and i did our usual job of pulling something out of our hats. We played 'Plan C' - the kids new favourite game, involving bandanas, the dark and a strange version of capture the flag. They love it. After playing for two and a half hours last week, they wanted to play again! There's always some bizzare injury - last night a kid ran backwards into a wallwall and we all just kept on playing! At some point they were running around, chanting 'NO RESPECT FOR LIFE!! NO RESPECT FOR LIFE!!' - it was very Lord of the Flies...
Afterwards, i went and watched movies and ate pizza with English. We watched Alien v Predator: Requiem, then sat in the dark chatting for awhile, before he decided that he wanted to watch some of Ally McBeal - i fell asleep in the time that it took him to get addicted. Now he's asking for constant updates. By the time i left, it was 3am and i was exhausted - i made it home in five minutes and was in bed in ten, out like a light! So much for my early night!
I was talking love and relationships with English later today; he was giving me the advice he'd gleaned from Ally McBeal the night before. First, he informed me that you sometimes you didn't know when you were in the right relationship, but you could always tell when you were in the wrong one. The, he was explaining that euphoria at being in a relationship could often be confused with being in love. I love how a half hour of television gives him a psychology degree. My latest line of thinking? relationships are like governments; each one has it's own set of rules and by-laws... you just have to figure them out...
The sermon tonight was all about binge drinking; it was completely unaccusatory and non-judgemental, but i think a fair few of us found it quite confronting. One of the women gave a testimonial that was very emotional, i admired her bravery in being able to share. One thing she said really stuck with me; our successes may not be permanent, but neither are our failiures. Things ended on a subdued note, but i think we all came away from it having learnt something. We talked about finding the strength to stay away from all of the things that bring us down. Just like vegetarians and people from the Biggest Loser may salivate over a plate of mouthwatering bacon, we need to learn to stay away from temptation. There's no need to test ourselves when we can just walk away. The trick is in finding the strength to just turn your back. Beware the bacon!
They sung happy birthday to me (and the few others who've had birthdays in the last week or so) - which embarassed me incredibly, as i backed out of the room! Still, it's sweet that they care, i love them for it.
Another conversation that arose from tonight was all about our minor-superpowers. What are they? They're the little talents that we all have; not quite in the same league as being invisible, or having superstrength, but nonetheless they're fun little talents. Examples? Some of the boys claimed to have the power to know exactly when to change lanes to avoid annoying people who turn off at the last minute. Other powers that came up were the power to find cheap musical equiptment, to copy voices, to be able to tell a girls cup-size offhand... totally pointless powers, but amusing anyway. I can tell, i'll spend the next few days trying to figure out if i've got any of these not-so-superpowers!!
Right, time to get back to work - i've got my first moot for my contracts class tomorrow, which i'm pretty nervous about. I have to dress up, present my case, field questions from the judges and know the case inside and out. I've not quite finished my submission yet, but i'll be there soon enough! Wish me luck...
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