The Days Just Fly By (Cross-posted from LJ)

Sorry I haven't been posting here very often, I've just been so busy...!  I'll go back this week and post older entries with pictures.

So sleepy.....I hate this time of the month.  My new wardrobe got here yesterday, along with our new tempurpedic bed.  The bed is magical somehow....I swear.  I sleep so deeply on it that my cellphone alarm goes off for several minutes, and the only thing that finally wakes me up is Murdock bashing me in the face to say good morning (presumably after he's been driven crazy by the alarm).  My back hurt a little, but I'm pretty sure it's because my spine isn't used to being so straight (like it's supposed to be) while I sleep.  I got the same delivery guys as I had the first time from Raymour and Flanigan's, and they were really nice as always :)  I loaded them up with Cafe Royal cans of coffee (the tastiest damn canned coffee EVER), a jar of Pace Picante salsa, a big bag of blue corn tortilla chips, a bar of cherry-chili chocolate, and a box of organic chocolate oreos.  Maybe I'm weird, but I like to give people who deliver things to me snacks.  I guess I feel bad that they have to deal with my ancient house, whose doors baaarely make it to 29" wide...with the doors taken off, mind you.  I would also like them to be happy, though :)  Food makes people happy.

I'm doing a field trip with a group of 15 8-10 year olds at the bay on Monday at 10 am.  Daena just needs me to wrangle the little 'uns and help with passing out materials for games, help with displays, help ID raptors, and point out anything of interest as we lead them through the Owl Woods and up at the Hawk Watch platform.  It should be a lot of fun, and I should be home by 1pm.  I need to find my sun hat so I don't get toasted...

More than anything, I love working with pre-teen kids, because that's when they're not so obsessed with trying to impress their friends, texting on their cellphones, being little angsty jerkfaces in general, etcetera...Their minds are open to the world around them, they're excited to learn, society hasn't smacked them and attacked their creativity and individuality just yet (eg: parents/relatives telling them that they'll never succeed as an artist/musician/etc so they shouldn't pursue that path in life).

Sure, I love kids, but do I want kids?  Nooooo........thanks.  I like kids that I can give back at the end of the day.  Doing this kind of work and volunteering for youth programs means nice single-serving kids :) 

Mrs. D says that there's also a Girl Scout troop coming through on the Friday after the birds of prey days, but I'm not sure I'll be able to make it to that one.  I'm really trying to make stuff for the craft fair on May 1st as it is...my inspiration just isn't coming.  My brain is outside in the garden all day long...argh...focus, must FOCUS!