I'm back.

Well, here I am again. I survived Mori no Ike, though it proved to be difficult at some points.

Some big news is that I now have a job. Every day of this school year--except for days off of school and days I am ill--I have the job of watching and waking up three elementary school kids. They are: The six year old Garret, the eight year old Riley, and the ten year old Gwyn. All spellings are guesses.

Garret has Downs, but so far I can tell he's pretty bright. The doctors say that he has the mind of a five year old...yet the school says he has the mind of a three year old. That says enough to me that he realizes that he can get away with doing nothing by fooling the teachers and other students into thinking that he's much dumber than he actually is. Plus, when I was visiting at the family's house today, I heard Garret talk a lot. It was a little hard to understand him, but I've encountered tons of kids who are hard to understand (Ems' little brother, anyone?), so it's not unusual.

Apparently--from what the parents said--Garret was having one of those days when, "it's as if he woke up with two horns." I'm glad that I got to see him at his sassiest and most crabby state, because that way I knew what the worst was. I got him to listen to me a few times when need-be. One example: when the family drove me home and they stuck around a bit, Garret went into the neighbors' yard to play on their playset. I got him back into my yard, with no physical force nessassary. I just had to sternly tell him to get back to my yard. Yay!

One cool thing about this job is...once I'm done buying all the DVDs and CDs I've wanted for a while, I'm definitely going to be able to purchase my own cell phone. YES! Now, I'm still not sure whether I'll want the acoustic version of Passionate Days or Karenai Hana as my ringtone...I'm just so giddy. ^-^ I get my own cell phone...and I pay for it myself! Independence rules!

Andrea: I'm sorry I haven't been on AIM. I've been really busy recently and it's too much for me at the moment to stick on the computer for extended periods of time. It's easier to reach me by email at the moment.

Melty and Jenn: Thank you for your words of encouragement on my angsty post. It means so much to me that people who I am close to care.

I'm going to take a shower now. Then I'm busy again tomorrow.

P.S. Don't ask me how much I'm making. I'll feel bad if I tell you. 8D I'm just happy that I'm getting paid to take care of kids.