It's Monday. It's officially a "Not Me Monday" (but I'm totally including things from this weekend)

I did not drive downtown and try to parallel park in front of a crowded restaurant. I absolutely did not run over the curb in the process. I did not hear the random bystanders laughing at my expense. I did not sit unpaid for 15 minutes and then leave after I realized it was not free parking. I then did not drive around until my gas light came on. I did not make Amanda wait at the UPS store until I went to the only gas station I knew which is 15 minutes from the UPS store...Nope. I sure didn't.

I did not drive over the curb at the park because all the gates were locked.

I did not wake up at 12:30pm. I was not 5 minutes late to work (which isn't bad because I don't live upstairs from where I work). I did not incorrectly enter the last 3 months of volunteer hours. Nope. Not me.

Well...today was crazy. Learned a lot.

Had a crisis with one of our teens today. She moved into the Crossing with her dad and stepmom. Her relationship with her mom and stepdad is pretty volatile. Her mom has full custody and decided that since she was no longer receiving child support she would come and take her daughter back (even though she hadn't been caring for the daughter for 2 months). The daughter was devastated. The mom then sends her daughter a text about how she changed her mind about making her leave because she knew how much the daughter hated her anyway so they were 'through.' The daughter doesn't hate her mom...but the mom called a quit to the relationship. The daughter is even more devasted...but relieved that she gets to stay. I just talked to the dad and he said the mom was okay with letting him be in charge. The daughter has improved in school and other areas since she's moved here. It made my heart hurt so much for her. I'm just thankful my parents decided to be grown-ups when it came to crap like that.

Anyway.

Here's a moment of kid hilarity:

Taniah, 5: (swinging outside) "skdkfh gave me a treat!"
Me: Who gave you a treat?
Taniah: God.
Me: What'd He give you?
Taniah: a fruit roll-up!

Eye See You

Okay. so here are some pics from recent trips...the people in the picture are Amanda, Crystal, Joe, and yours truly...lovely, huh?

p.s. those sunflowers=ginormous. like the size of my face. no lie.

everything but the sunflowers were taken at Rocky Mountain National Park.

for real this time.

okay.

new year. (kinda)

new blog. ahem. i'm okay with this.

so.

update:

it's day number 98 since i've been in denver. i'm lovin' it. or...

like i heard they guy on 16th Street Mall say that one time..."do you work for McDonalds?...Because I'm Lovin' It" heh.

so order me a Big Mac...Denver is marvelous. Simply. Marvelous (how much more simpler can you get, really?)

Well. Things at The Crossing have been...interesting.

I moved upstairs. 2 new roommates: Crystal and Amanda. Crystal is my level-headed, deep, focused, awesome, tends-to-get-silly-at-night roommate whom I also happen to work with (for now). And Amanda (AKA Asteroid Jane or Bajankety) is my crazy-fun-loud-Michigander (the-one-who-does-the-high-five-and-points Michigan kid) case manager roommate. They are awesome and life is definitely better when you have people to share it with...amen.

I have been demoted from a Queen Bed to a Princess Bed. oh yes. I cannot tell a lie. When I moved rooms I was missing a bed. So...as with pretty much all the furniture here...my bed was donated (thankyaverymuch). And...apparently Princess You-Go-Girl was the previous owner. Imagine a metal framed bed...white with gold nob-things...and a swirly metal headboard. oh yes. I feel quite royal. Wooden blocks and all (to hoist it high--for storage of course). did i mention...housekeeping stole my boxsprings. or is it boxspring. anyway. how rude. oh the humor.

well. tonight was training for WhizKids. i'm the club coordinator. whatever that's supposed to mean. actually it's a pretty cool one-on-one tutoring program for our kids at TC. I get to coordinate the tutors and events and such. pretty sweet. but as of right now we do not have enough tutors...hopefully God will provide exactly what we need. uh huh. das right. so...they had a raffle...i didn't win. boo. but i still got a coffee mug filled with all kinds of deliciousness.

um. we have a new intern arriving Monday from Ala-freaking-bama. and we just got another intern from South Carolina...so yeah. seems like the South IS rising again...ha. booyah.

This weekend a group of people I work with (Amanda, Crystal, Chris (intern), and Joe(supervisor)) and I are going to Rocky Mountain National Park. Can't. Wait. So. Pumped. It should be good.

So apparently...it's supposed to snow next month. NEXT month. Can I just say that it is so weird living in GA where it's 70 on Christmas and then moving to a new state where it's actually 70 in September and the seasons change...who knew. loves it. I'm pretty excited about snow. oh yes. i might even buy a new coat. might.

i'm loving church. Providence Bible Church=ama-za-zing. for real. love it. first week of Small Group aka Community Group aka CG starts on Sunday. super pumped. it's a mixed group of married couples, singles, and daters. i'm excited. all my small groups at TFC were always just girls...so this should be interesting!

I'm slowly making friends...the interns are so far my closest group of friends...but Amanda and I are always thinking of new ways to make friends...here's our list:

• bowling league
• red cross--gallon donors...or something like that
• frequent the same restaurant

the third one may become legit. so...the Village Inn (think IHOP/Denny's) has free pie Wednesdays...we've gone twice. we'll see how that goes...our servers are pretty cool.

okay. that's all for now.

i'll leave you with a few little moments of kid hilarity:

Me: Did you go potty this morning?
E, 5FW: like, actually, not really.

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Me: T, you need to fix your belt (it was 3 sizes too big and hanging down in the front...)
Ta, 5FB: But Miss Dani, I am TRYING to be GANGSTA!

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Tr, 5FB: Miss Dani? Do you own this place??
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Okay i have to set this one up. Ta who is a 5 year old little black girl was talking to a 6 year old little white boy, F...

Ta: Why you lookin' so decent?
F: *looks up at me confused*
Me: Ta, what do you mean by 'decent'
Ta: *rolls eyes* why you lookin' so nice?
F: *shrugs* i don't know...i wore these clothes last night but i just wanted to wear them again today

K: Miss Dani, you are cooler than a sock puppet.

that's all.