I'm in London. And it is fabulous.

That is all.

Last night was my last night at Bella's. At the end of the night they gave me a teddy bear with ribbons on it and a card that everyone had signed. It really made my night and parting easier. I told them that I would take it to London with me and take pictures with it. Brad told me that I would be missed, and I said that I would miss them too, and ( Read more... )

I finally saw Kayleigh last night at Bella's. She has changed SO much since elementary school. She still looks the same, but she is no longer the rebellious, bad-ass, I'll-beat-you-up-after-school girl. She goes to BCC and is doing extremely well, has 3 jobs, and is engaged. It's great to see how people can grow up and overcome her circumstances ( Read more... )

Two things happened to me for the first time ever tonight ( Read more... )

I'm pretty much burnt out on My Refuge. That job is the most physically, emotionally draining job ever. On Monday Danny (he's 7) was threatening to kill me. He started to "karate chop me", so he punched me and I grabbed his arm. Then he tried to kick me so I grabbed his leg. It was great because he was dangling from me, and he couldn't do anything ( Read more... )

Yay. No more economics for the rest of my life!

Now that I've said that, I am going to jinx myself.

At least I can start my social work stuff now. When I get home from London.

Work actually went fine tonight, even though Steven can be a total jerk. But whatever. Just as long as he stops flirting and sexually harrassing me. He has a girlfriend for crying out loud ( Read more... )

I find it amazing how some people can change so much, and how some people don't change at all ( Read more... )

Yesterday was just bad. All around. I took a hard econ test, got chewed out by a bitchy customer at Bella's, and none of the children at My Refuge were cooperating ( Read more... )

I'm doing better than when I last posted. I really am ( Read more... )