Although I work with Children 40 hours a week, I still manage to pick up baby sitting jobs from time to time and not loose my mind! How? Good question.

I think part of it is that children remind me of the happiest days of my life, and also remind me that they aren't over! I can still swing on swings and roll in the grass and laugh until I hurt.

Thanks kiddos.

7.39 twenty fast minutes

I have twenty minutes before I have to start working. Unfortunately here I usually start at least ten minutes early, so I suppose I should say ten minutes.
Sunday I went to Target and bough some new t-shirts (see above.) I love that they have such awesome stuff for so cheap... and it's not all made in China! One of the few places outside of thrift stores I can shop.
Slowly plans are coming together for heading back to the north west, I am a rainbow of emotions about it.
Jay and Laura, I am really excited for you two, I wish I could come to your wedding (not that i got an invitation but I'd crash it for sure!) but I will still be here in lowly South Dakota.
Before I leave this place I am going take lots of photos, some with Heywood's digital camera and some with one of my film cameras. Speaking of film cameras, I have so much film to develop and I forget every weekend to stop and drop if off. I need to write it on my forehead in permanent ink.
Goodness it will be really wild when I do develop my film- I'll have photos from France, the greyhound, Rapid City and Seattle. That's just too many places!
Oh and I got a lovely little letter from Nicholas, I was so happy to find it waiting for me in the mail box this morning. I mailed him a goodie and along with it a stamped envelope with my address, and he used it!

YAY!

And with the parfait it will be 5.85 at the window please

Silly me,
It's  as though I've forgotten where I am, in hopes I'd find myself else where.
Instead of following my usual routine of wake up, oh crap-scurry around, go feed my cats get to work an hour early, sit on my but and listen to my boss ramble until I have to work... I decided to have Heywood drop me off at a coffee shop. Sounded like a good idea right? Drink coffee, wake up a bit and people watch?
Not actually the hottest idea, certantly not as hot as the coffee which has already burnt my tougne (a horrible pet peve of mine.) The coffee is bitter, the scream from the steam wand for every latte is head splitting and the morning crew are really not very pleasant.
I sat down at a booth and looked through the incredibly thin Rapid City Journal, honestly all I did was read the pet section of the classifieds. I may have found the perfect dog for my grandmother, I called the number... oh yeah, it's 7am. No one answered so I left an awkward rambling message.
My brain is so full right now I want to pop it with a needle and let all the useless worries and silly nothings drain out. I have an essay to finish writing, that I really REALLY wish I had the forsight to bring with me today, also I have class tonight which means no essay until oh... 9pm.
March, April, May... June? How long will I be here? What do I need to get done before I can flee the scene of my crime- ever moving to Rapid City.
Really it isn't that bad but I am anxious to be somewhere that I know, really know, with places I can enjoy even when it's 7 a.m. and I'm grumpy as anything else.
See you soon, not soon enough.
xo

I love this!

My grandmother sent this to me, it is wonderful.
http://vimeo.com/3829682