why is my life all about little kids these days?
One of the best days at work ever. We gave about 6 presentations toelementary school kids about gardening and helped them plant differentkinds of seeds in cups. They'll take care of in their classroom andwe'll come back to help them transplant the seedlings to their classgarden outside. Second graders and younger make me melt. I got no lessthan three random surprise hugs and lots of open adoration andcuriousity. God they're cute. Like human puppies or something. We spentthe rest of the dayclearing their garden and setting up the compost. Another day covered in dirt. I like that I'm becoming less fastidious.
Only three more days until "spring break." I'm dead tired. Ourcampus is the first NCCC campus to receive training in how to helppeople prepare for the switch from analog signal to digital, so I spent3.5 hours after work going to old people's houses and wiring theirancient televisions and making sure they could still use their VHSrecorders even with the new convertor boxes. I got two big packages ofbooks in the mail, as well as some lovely postcards from Alissa fromher travels. Less lame entry after I get some sleep.
Well,quick story: Last week we were at a school transplanting rose bushesand cutting down the most beautiful long grasses I have ever seen. Tallswaying stalks of gold, cornsilk, and pale purple. We had to cut themdown so they can regrow more easily during the warmer months. One kidwalked over to us with absolute shock and horror on his face. Hewhispered "....I'm telling" and looked like he was about to run. Wequickly explained that we were doing good things and they'll definitelygrow back. He seemed to understand and asked if he could help by usingthe clippers. After clipping for awhile, he saw his friend ran by andwaved his hands at him. "HEY. HEEEEY. I'M HELPING THE ENVIRONMENT!"
I don't know if that's as funny written as it was at the time, but it made my day.
