Valentine's Day at a Shelter

Happy Valentine's Day! I don't like Valentine's DAY and I really see no reason to get worked up about it or upset about not being able to celebrate it. Then again I am also a single 20 year old girl who seems to have no obligations to celebrate it. The only thing I had to do this Valentine's day was go to work, play with some children and do some paper work. One can't complain when she has no man to cry over... then again it is slightly upsetting being in a shelter full of women wronged by men and have a whole night of it. Of course without asking God gave me something very enjoyable. This Valentine's Day could have been ten times worse, but honestly it was a great night. We were down to three children and all of them went to bed early. Also our women were very okay with spending this Valentine's alone. Actually we had a party to just celebrate, celebrating. One of our residents took out some of her food and drinks and shared with the rest of the residents while the other residents seemed to bond together and avoided having conflicts for a while night. (Now that is a blessing in itself :-) )

I seem to be a heart breaker...

As Valentine's Day draws near it seems that the house of boys (and one girl. Our new baby girl will be one week old on this upcoming Saturday.) is giving a little pink and heart fulled. This is fine, even though I am not completely in-love with Valentine's Day. I never really was, first off it is too close to my birthday and second it seems a little forced. However it seems that love must be in the air, because I seem to have gained a few boyfriends at the shelter...

A quick debriefing

   It seems that after a rush of snow and people leaving the volunteer house things seem to come together. I had a very slow and relaxing weekend. Then again it is only Saturday night and who knows what will happen before Monday.

Commitment VS Variety and one's potential

This week has been quite an adventure. With a house still full of boys and actually having them all go to school. Which wouldn't seem like an adventure, but as time ticks closure to May the dead lines for future placements are drawing near. Which has been getting me thinking... What is my next step?

"Life without you is like having a genus without a phyla"

   I may work in a shelter and do great things, but I am secretly a nerd on the inside... or just get science jokes. I went to see Yogi Bear and the quote of the movie was, " life without you is like having a genus without a phyla". I realized how nerdy I was once I laughed and got it.  Unless you have seen Yogi Bear you might now get why it is worse, but the guy and the girl in the movie are huge plant nerds and love the forest.