Week 36

Day 245: Apr 12, 2015

Well, over night, it snowed another 2-3 inches. It is supposed to be pretty warm all week so I doubt it will stay long but still. It hasn't really snowed in over a month and now, once construction starts winding up, it snows. Today's entry is going to focus mainly on the kids in the village and one in particular. So we will focus on them in general first. So a few of the kids are starting to read Harry Potter. It is great for us because we can see the kids getting excited about books that we read and got excited about. So now all of the elementary school kids plus a younger brother are running around the village with “wands” and scars drawn on their foreheads. It is hilarious. Now onto one of my favorite kids here. He is a kindergartener named Jonah and he has the best imagination. For example, he will run around the village in some imaginary battle. This is a daily activity. At one point he said that he has an army in the palm of his hand. A few weeks ago, he died very dramatically in the middle of vespers. This was not the first death during vespers and so someone asked his dad how many times he thought that Jonah had died. The answer said in a very tired manner, “Today?”. So great. Another more recent story happened when the kids were on their field trip. Apparently, he was hugging one of the teacher's assistants around the neck. She commented about how he was being so cuddly. His response was “I'm not hugging you, I'm trying to kill you”. If he were older, I would be concerned but him saying it was just so fitting. Sometimes I wish I could see the world through his imagination.

Day 246: Apr 13, 2015

Nothin' special today. I am opening the cart almost 2 hours earlier tomorrow than I did on Saturday but finding that out was top of the list of “exciting” happenings of the day.

Day 247: Apr 14, 2015

Today was the first day of the coffee cart season. Basically, that means that the coffee cart was open on a day other than Saturday. People were excited but it was still a fairly quiet day over all. Other than that my day was pretty normal. I took a nap in the afternoon and watched TV with some friends in the evening. It did snow again today. Not enough to stay on the ground but it was swirling around on and off all day.

Day 248: Apr 15, 2015

I saw a pine martin today! It is like a cute ferret and it was running around on the loading dock as I was bringing dishes up to the dining hall. It was adorable.

Day 249: Apr 16, 2015

I started my day sitting in my “corner” office with 5 windows. It was actually a really busy day at the coffee cart. By closing time it almost felt like a real coffee house. It was a beautiful day so we ate lunch and dinner outside and then hung out on the porch as we watched the sun disappear behind the mountain. As we were sitting on the porch the pine martin came out and was playing on the ark, until the kids saw him. Then he ran underneath the raised wooden platform that is the ark to hide. The kids were not happy about that so a few of them started jumping on the ark to scare him out. I don't think that the kids realize how dangerous pine martins can be. They are omnivores and have been known to try to take down a fawn (the size of a small child). I was almost expecting to see it run out and attack when they were trying to scare it. We ended up yelling at them to stop both for their sake and for the poor pine martin.

Day 250: Apr 17, 2015

The jacuzzi opened today!

It was a beautiful day- upper 60s, low 70s- so we ate meals outside and basically spent as much time outside as possible. After vespers was when the real party started. Today was the grand opening of the jacuzzi and I got to go early because I won a contest. Those that won were allowed to go in 15 minutes earlier than everyone else. It was funny, though, because other people showed up even earlier just to hang out outside the fence. It made it kinda fun though to be in the jacuzzi while others were wanting to come in. It was a na-na-na-boo-boo moment. Once everyone was allowed in it got crazy but the opening was still a ton of fun. It was great.

Day 251: Apr 18, 2015

I won an event during our all village track meet! I won the Ladle Jump competition. We spun around in a circle while looking up at a ladle. Once thoroughly dizzy we were to drop the ladle and try to jump over it. It was a judged event so I wore a costume and went all out with my jump. I committed. Because of the continued centrifugal force from the spinning and the dizziness I totally missed. In fact, I ended up jumping away from the ladle and fell. I laid on the ground for a few seconds after falling. Partly because it helped to get rid of the dizziness and partly because it made it look like I committed more. Apparently, something worked. Whatever it was, it was totally worth it.