Tuesday, I stepped in as the Program Coordinator for about an hour. I also had one student in particular who was absolutely driving me crazy. He argued with everything I said to him, and some things I didn't say to him. Normally, when it's that constant, I would give the kids a warning, but he didn't even realize he was doing it! And when I pointed out that he was arguing with me, his reaction was, "No, I'm not." ARGH!! He's not normally like that. I'm chalking it up to him having a particularly chatty day and not carrying it around with me forever, but on that day, I was feeling like his special project.
Wednesday was better. I was not as hesitant to give warnings and it turns out, they (meaning any and all the kids) only needed one. Ok, so that was the problem (maybe). I'll just have to remember that next time! Sad that I had to give out warnings, but glad that it stopped at one. Count as win.
On Thursday, I had one of our kids confided in me, through tears, that he basically blames himself for his mother's miscarriage when he was a baby, because if she wasn't carrying him, she wouldn't have fallen. She never blamed him or told him it was his fault, and I told him that if she knew that he thought that, I bet she would be really sad. I also shared with him about a loss in my family when I was very young that I often felt blamed for, and then he needed to learn a lot sooner than I did that it wasn't his fault, it couldn't have been, because he was a baby. Then we had a group hug and he smiled again. So that one I count as a win.
Thursday was also the day that the kid who drove me crazy on Tuesday apologized to me! What?!
Friday was a busy day. After leaving my morning job, I led a volunteer training for someone we may partner with to provide more volunteers during the homework/tutoring times. He seemed really excited about it, and hopefully it will all work out very well! We'll be getting volunteers from CalPoly, so that will really expand our volunteer base.
Friday was also the day of our first High School Girls Bible Study (we're working on a name). At least it was supposed to be. But despite the seeming excitement from each of the girls every time I reminded them earlier in the week, no one showed up. They all had valid excuses (school events, family issues), but it was disappointing because I was probably a little too excited about it. So maybe it's a good thing that it's getting postponed, so I don't overwhelm them. And it did give me a chance to fall asleep early... after dogsitting. Yeah, I'm that cool. In my defense, it had been a looooooong couple of weeks. Anyway, not getting discouraged. Still trying for a meeting again next week (I think this will all work out better when we can have it on Tuesday nights and all of our girls can be there). This thing WILL happen!
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| Gotta keep telling myself this... |
Next week should be better. These kids always surprise me. And I start getting paid (at quarter time... which actually means I'll be cutting the hours I'm helping out back for while)! This will almost double my current income (yes, quarter time at a nonprofit where I'm fundraising my own salary will almost double my income from a City government where I'm working half-time). Sign of the times...
There's always a silver lining though, right? That's why there's a saying.
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