i think i'm in love

...with children who have Down syndrome, or anyone who has Down syndrome for that matter.

After everything I've been reading and watching and thinking and seeing lately, I am pretty sure I have fallen in love.

As a result, I've contacted an organization in Austin that is focused on children with Down syndrome and I might get to do my volunteer hours there for my social work class this semester!

Even if it doesn't work out (there has to be a social worker on staff to be my supervisor, blah blah) I am still totally volunteering there. So excited.

weep alone

Oh just a little poem that I love by one of my favorite poets. I happen to be able to relate to this at this very instant, so that rocks! Bolded some of my favorite lines. Almost finished with a task that has been strangely seemingly impossible for me the past 10 days! That is an "up" to this "down" of an hour.

"Solitude"

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Laugh, and the world laughs with you;

Weep, and you weep alone.

For the sad old earth must borrow it's mirth,

But has trouble enough of its own.

Sing, and the hills will answer;

Sigh, it is lost on the air.

The echoes bound to a joyful sound,

But shrink from voicing care.

Rejoice, and men will seek you;

Grieve, and they turn and go.

They want full measure of all your pleasure,

But they do not need your woe.

Be glad, and your friends are many;

Be sad, and you lose them all.

There are none to decline your nectared wine,

But alone you must drink life's gall.

Feast, and your halls are crowded;

Fast, and the world goes by.

Succeed and give, and it helps you live,

But no man can help you die.

There is room in the halls of pleasure

For a long and lordly train,

But one by one we must all file on

Through the narrow aisles of pain.

pro-life turtle race success

What does a Pro-Life club do for a social event? The answer to that question is obvious: eat watermelon, play volleyball, and race pet turtles. 

A week of planning and preparing the competitors definitely paid off. Bobcats for Life had a great time at the river and I was so happy the event went well... no, not "well" but GREAT!

watermelon + volleyball + pro-lifers + turtles + river + ukelele = great afternoon

watermelon chunk spitting contest

watermelon spitting contest winner, John

Tuck, a.k.a. the champion

Why, yes! Our Priest IS cooler than your Priest.

Annnnd they're off! or at least Tuck is.

 

aint it funny how time slips away?

14 = hours I've spent on Bobcats for Life this week
3 = hours I will spend on Bobcats for Life tomorrow

15= hours of class I have on my schedule
12 = hours I will have after I drop my 5th class... 5 classes in one day... not a good idea.

50 = hours of B4L work a semester I must complete for TX Right to Life
50 = hours of volunteer work I must complete this semester at an agency for my Social Work class

12 = hours I work on campus per week
8 = hours until I wake up for work

2 = hours I spent watching The Office with Ryan yesterday
0 = hours I should have spent watching The Office with Ryan yesterday


Today I tried to do some math and figure out how many hours of my week are "free" a.k.a. empty for studying, napping, having a healthy relationship, etc. It's really not too bad, like it could be worse, but it's definitely a lower number of "free" hours than I've seen before... and that still isn't counting everything that is important to me that I have prioritized (lately, very poorly) into my schedule. If it weren't for journaling and the occasional therapeutic rant on this blog, I would probably lose my mind. I got a nap in earlier so now, at 10:45, I'm going to chug some Coke Zero (sidenote: "chug" is an awful word) and try and finally knock out this task that I have been somehow only touching the surface of for a week now.

I need to make a priorities chart. I also need to cancel Netflix so I'll stop watching The Office.

whelmed (so obvi it's a good time to blog)

I'm not overwhelmed necessarily because that sounds negative, but I'm at least "whelmed" or something...

Taking a break for nutrition, hydration, and apparently a quick blog post.

This is my day so far:

1. Woke up at 7, laundry party!
2. Worked on Bobcats for Life display 
3. Worked on article
4. Sat on the floor and looked at the ceiling while wondering how I've been so productive and it isn't even 10:00
5. Glued display together

This is the rest of my day:

1. Continue working on display
2. Continue working on article, hopefully finishing (EMAIL ME BACK, INTERVIEWEE!)
3. Conduct Bobcats for Life meeting at my apartment at 2
4. Plan like 5 events with B4L leaders
5. Make cookies for tonight's orientation
6. Head to CSC for new student orientation at 5 for B4L table set up
7. New student orientation at 5:30
8. Recruit thousands of new members!
9. Clean up
10. Meet with music staffhead for Awakening
11. Bobcat Awakening meeting at 7:30
12. Go home at 9

HOW IS THIS ALL GOING TO HAPPEN?! I am just so grateful that I didn't end up working today. Praise the Lord, forreal.

display in the making

sifting through this = makes me love doing my learning on a computer

my pro-life craft mess

peace & hope.

wall collage

break is over. Lord, help me!