Tiffany and I after playing frisbeeHoliday rush is all around, but it didn't feel like winter until about two days ago. Sunny Florida has now become a mild Wisconsin winter. I know that when I go home in less than two weeks, it will be freezing. (and I'll probably see snow) I'm not sure how I should feel about it, since I already hate the cold in Florida.
Weather comparision? Well, the "cold" in Florida is 61 degrees while in Wisconsin, the cold is 13 degrees and it feels like 1 degree. The wind chill is also 9mph. I am not excited to come home to winter. But I am excited to see all my friends and family. I've really missed everyone. It really makes you realize just how far distance can seperate you when you've lived mostly in the same place your whole life. But since I'm not sure what I want to do after this year, I'm really glad for this experience. Life is moving on, and it's time I got ready for it.
Now, an update on the FLORIDA life. Let's see, first off, it's been a little cold to go to the beach, but I did make it there last weekend where Tiffany, her friend Kevin, and I played frisbee on the beach. It was so awesome! Frisbee on the beach is so much more relaxing than on the grass we usually play on where if you fall in the grass, you expect a bunch of red ants to crawl up your leg. Not really the most pleasant experience.
Weather comparision? Well, the "cold" in Florida is 61 degrees while in Wisconsin, the cold is 13 degrees and it feels like 1 degree. The wind chill is also 9mph. I am not excited to come home to winter. But I am excited to see all my friends and family. I've really missed everyone. It really makes you realize just how far distance can seperate you when you've lived mostly in the same place your whole life. But since I'm not sure what I want to do after this year, I'm really glad for this experience. Life is moving on, and it's time I got ready for it.
Now, an update on the FLORIDA life. Let's see, first off, it's been a little cold to go to the beach, but I did make it there last weekend where Tiffany, her friend Kevin, and I played frisbee on the beach. It was so awesome! Frisbee on the beach is so much more relaxing than on the grass we usually play on where if you fall in the grass, you expect a bunch of red ants to crawl up your leg. Not really the most pleasant experience.
My kids have been behaving, sort of. I had my boss come in from AmeriCorps and she gave me some suggestions and ideas on how to handle them. It worked the first day, but by the second day, they were back to their normal, craziness. However, Mr. James (he's one of the "big" handles of issues at the library) kicked out a bunch of my biggest issues and told them they weren't allowed to come back. Apparently, while I went into my office to grab a book for one of the girls, they were causing issues and hitting each other, and so now they can't come back. It's making the homework room a lot quieter. Thank you Mr. James.
Some of the kids have stopped calling me "Miss Kristine" and have instead adopted the name "Miss". I'm not sure how I feel about it, because when they get on their rants "Miss! Miss! Miss! Miss! I need help! Miss, you aren't helping me! Miss! Miss! PLEASE! Miss, why aren't you listening to me? Miss!" it starts to become a huge headace. I told them that if I'm helping someone else, they need to wait. They don't understand this, and instead continue on, "Miss! Miss! MISS!" to the point where they are SCREAMING which is not tolerated. All this makes me wonder if I was this annoying as a child. I do remember yelling "MOM! MOM!" a lot. It also makes me wonder just how badly I want children...is it worth the headace?
This past Sunday, we had to get up at 3:30 am to help with a Marathon. Being up so early ended up not being a good thing. Not only because the night before Tiffany, Kevin and I decided to go to this late night concert (after playing frisbee) that was free at the shopping center in Boca (the rich area; think NICE homes), but mostly because I had a Mountain Dew and couldn't fall asleep.
The Marathan ended up around noon; I didn't go to sleep until 10:30pm that night. What did I do all day? Caught up on a TV show I hadn't seen since I've been in Florida, while hoping I'd fall asleep. I was not feeling well either, so it wasn't a good rest of the day. And as a result, I tried to go to work on Monday, but literally couldn't fuction beacuse I still did not feel well and ended up going home and sleeping the whole day. Turns out I wasn't the only AmeriCorps girl who was sick, several other people went home sick, but one girl ended up in the hospital. She's still not feeling well, and we are all really worried about her, but have no clue what to do! She throws up all day, but even the hospital couldn't help her. I haven't been updated on the story recently, so not sure what happened as of last night.
And for Thanksgiving break, Tiffany and I went to a Danielle's grandparents house in Boca, and it was an amazing house. Huge ceilings, nice windows, gorgeous pool. The food was really good (made by Danielle), and her grandparents were really funny! We enjoyed ourselves. Everyone in AmeriCorps was invited to go, but only Tiffany and I went. We deceided everyone else missed out.
The rest of the break (we had five days off) I scrapbooked and Tiffany and I went to a drive-through safari. The safari was pretty cool, we drove around and saw lions, tigers, rhinos, and zebras. I got some cool pictures I still need to put online. It was nice having an entire apartment to myself since my roommates were GONE.
And now...time to get to work, and enjoy the cold. Only this cold is really nothing compared to the weather to come in less than two weeks...
Also, here is a copy of the Literati, which I designed and put together, with Tiffany's help on the editing.
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