into the streets.

this morning 2 of my students didn't show to a seminar.  uh oh.

was worried it was a rough start, but they joined us later.

i found out one of my students has a child.  but it's not his....it is his gf's and he has been the father figure for the last year.  the child is not quite 2. and if you ask me, i'm beyond impressed with this 'dad'. to take that responsibility willingly?  man.  good stuff.

then about half of the class got lunch together!

i was so overjoyed because i thought no one would show.

what a fabulous surprise.

today was into the streets and we scraped and painted a house.

i lead a group and i was so worried we would get lost.

so go figure, i couldn't get the seat to move up. 

then, i was not sure where to go.

luckily, they were all good sports about it and someone had a GPS on their phone and was able to get really clear directions that way.

thank goodness for technology!

once we were there it was not too bad--but several of the students i had didn't do much work at all.

and someone took a nap. how embarrassing is that.......SUPER.

but i met a new friend (lots actually) named kyle r. and he is pretty nice.  he would work while i spotted his ladder, then we would switch.  we had a good system going on.

and i got to talk for a while with a student named nathaniel {he is one of marcia and avery's students}.  he is autistic and one of the sweetest young men.  he did a great job holding conversation and it was unbelievable to see how willing he was to work hard--much harder than most of the others!

then the palace showed cars 2 for the movie tonight.

a  bunch of the CA's went together and alex s. joined us.

i'm so exhausted that i couldn't even follow a disney movie.

i probably asked a million questions...for a pixar movie...that has very little plot!

pathetic, i know.

flashback: here is a pic from the orientation weekend.

someone just posted on fb and i wanted to share.

i'm willing to place money on the fact that this was during the game pterodactyl.

you have to say 'pterodactyl' without showing your teeth. and if you make a screeching dinosaur noise it reverses the direction which the game goes.  it's stinking hilarious. 

i'm pretty sure this is right after abby did a stellar screeching noise.  i wish i could reenact it.

sean commented that tonight was our last event together {dinner at chick-fil-a before the movie}. 

it made me slightly devastated.

i hate this time. training ends. school starts. we don't see each other very often at all.

but i'm trying to savor it. and hoping to do a better job at getting together with other CA's throughout the semester.

also, sean told me his trip to zimbabwe might be delayed due to some governmental uproar. yikes.  they were crushed.

not to mention, i was hoping to do my cross cultural trip with them.

pray for everything and everyone in the situation.

i get to sleep in tomorrow. 

and hopefully get more than 7 hours of sleep. 

MAN.

bring. it. on.