This is my 50th post on Gatos Muertos!!! Yay! Thank you, thank you very much. Please, you may stop applauding... please, no need to bow to my greatness! :)
And now, a serious of pointless lists to cure your boredom for a couple seconds.
Things I wanna add to my bucket list:
1. Play a life size game of hungry hungry hippos.
2. Mess around in a giant sumo suit.
3. Learn to weld.
People that proved to me that I am going into the right profession:
1. Heidi Beichy - Heidi has a hereditary form of cerebral palsy that gives her a VERY unstable gait and makes it hard for her to walk long distances. Thus, she ambulates with a crutch and cruises in a power wheelchair. Lots of people would be discouraged by such a predicament and make excuses and get down on themselves about what they can't do. Heidi, on the contrary, thrives on what she can do. This was proven to me when she divulged her plan for passing the exercise requirement of her wellness class. Rather than taking the alternative assignment and writing a paper, Heidi treks up to the gym a couple times a week and does what she can. I find this utterly inspiring and can't wait until I can help people like Heidi inspire others as Heidi has inspired me.
2. Jess - Jess is a student in the Keuka College DRIVE program who is developmentally disabled. When I started working with her, she would not speak to me, or talk much at all around me for that matter. I figured that was just the way it was and continued to include her in the group and ask her questions, waiting awkwardly for answers that probably weren't coming. Then, about a month into my job, I sat down at a lunch table with Jess, her boyfriend, and another work study. And here comes the good part - the turning point of sorts. Jess talks to me - like seriously, we talked about her cousin drinking mountain dew and high school musical and the cheetah girls for a good half an hour. I had to interrupt her to tell her that I had to leave to go to class. Jess was suddenly a chatterbox, apparently comfortable with me. The other work study later confided that she had been working with Jess for 4 years now and that's the most that she's ever heard her talk. Never have I been more surprised than yesterdy afternoon when I passed Jess on the sidewalk and said hi and she cheerfully returned the hello along with a playful punch in the arm. As simple and normal as this seems, I couldn't stop smiling.
Things I am currently addicted to:
1. Sporcle.com. Thank you to the optimistic pessimist for that.
2. Geiser's hot chocolate.
3. blogging.
4. MLIA
5. hulu. I've never watched so many shows.
6. Fantasy football.
7. texas holdem on facebook
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