Eowyn flipped out today while in session with my boss. She's so hot and cold. You can joke with her and she'll be laughing, but then get suddenly really irritated. It's tough. So after this, she was looking angry and asked me to read her a story. So we sat down, and I rubbed her back. (Like this kid Lucca loved. It calmed him down and made him ( Read more... )

Background: "Magic stones" are these fake gems that students get during a session for good behavior, working hard, etc. At the end, they get marks for how many stones they earned, and we take them back ( Read more... )

So one of the students at the center, Gilles (he's autistic), came out of session and went up to the water fountain. It's broken and taped off, but he presses the button anyway and brown water spills all over the floor. "Gilles, please don't do that." Gilles gives his classic reply, "Sorry", and walks over to the water cooler. I see his brain ( Read more... )

I "friended" the other Megan Doherty's in the Facebook world. One of them has just married, and is thus no longer Megan Doherty. Should I disown her, I wonder...?

"I'd be helpy to hap you." - Me

In the past couple of weeks in the Chicago area, there have been deer attacks. You know, whitetail deer. Like Bambi. Attacking? One trampled some girl. And the other seems to be an overprotective mother ( Read more... )

What do you think? (I scared Jess.)

"If you're going to the desert, you should take a shower and put your hair in a bun. You'll be able to drink from it for days... You're like a camel." - Blake

"Yay! I want to be a wench!" - Jessica

Big job interview tomorrow. I'm hoping to be a tutor for mentally disabled adults and kids over the summer. They're going to test me and screen me. Sounds scary. I hope that I pass... I might have to take some classes from them myself if I don't...