Week 27

Day 182: Feb 8, 2015

A chill day spent relaxing.

Day 183: Feb 9, 2015

Today was a very crafty day. I spent the morning on a valentines day craft project. I made hearts out of toilet paper tubes, glues them to tissue paper, and then strung them together to make a garland. I turned out really cute and I think I will use it to decorate the kitchen area. I took a nap in the afternoon and in the evening I learned how to spin wool into yarn. It took a little while for me to get it to work and my yarn is definitely artsy (aka uneven) but it is still exciting. After vespers, I helped Pat get ready for breakfast tomorrow and we spent so time just chatting. We talked about everything from teaching children to behave themselves to saying no to people when they come up to the counter asking for special treatment on a meal. It was pretty great.

Day 184: Feb 10, 2015

Nothing to report

Day 185: Feb 11, 2015

Another pretty average day. Although, I did receive my new set of interchangeable knitting needles in the mail and I started on a pair of socks for my dad.

Day 186: Feb 12, 2015 –I have officially been here for 6 months!

Most of the day was fairly uninteresting but I ended the day with a party with the kitchen staff. It was nice to have all of us together in one place. Stuffi (our kitchen coordinator) hosted and she brought fancy chocolates and pastries for us. It was really nice. She knows how hard we work and it was really nice of her to celebrate that.

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Day 187: Feb 13, 2015

The sun was shining today. The bus was late so while we were waiting for the bus Josh, Honna, and I went down to the loading dock and laid out in the sun while we waited. It was almost like summer. Since everyone had eaten we didn't need to babysit the line. It was so wonderful to just lie there in the sun.

Day 188: Feb 14, 2015

Happy Valentines day! There was nothing super special about today except for the special dessert of a chocolate torte. It was basically an airier bittersweet chocolate fudge served with vanilla ice cream and flambéed cherries. mmmm. Like almost every year, I passed out valentines and received a few in return but that was the only special holiday event that I took part in.