I started my volunteering with the AS program last night, and I had a blast. It was a lot of fun! True to his flighty and somewhat unpredictable form, the coordinator decided to "shake things up" (on the first day), and instead of running a nice, calm study hall, I suddenly was assigned to working with the theater group. I envisioned sitting quietly with a bunch of studious teenagers, and instead I found myself skipping along and making a dun-duh-duh-duuuuun! noise before shouting out MEGAN! Then, I had to pretend to die a choking death and collapse on the floor. And I am not an actor. So, I mean, that's cool. I guess.

I signed up for study hall!

I thought I died a pretty impressive choking death, really. But then one kid said I was like Buzz Lightyear when his helmet comes off, so...

The students are all very nice and interesting. I learned a lot about different languages and linguistics from one guy. Another one is very into the desert and does great impressions and accents. I feel like I bonded a bit with one of the teenage girls. She was very sweet and funny. We had just had a conversation about some of her specific challenges when the coordinator sent us off to find the theater group. I do not know my way around the center yet, but we started to wander off.

Me: So, do you know where we're going?

Student (giving me a look): Oh sure. Ask the person with dyspraxia where we're going...

Me: Good point.

We were cracking up about that.

And, I'm back to tutoring! It was so great to return to the center. I'm incredibly happy to be working with my favorite student again during the second hour, and I'm tutoring a cute sixth grade girl during the first hour. She's the oldest of five kids, and she's very observant about life and how people interact. I'm already enjoying my conversations with her.

Mols, B-note, and Trav are in town for a couple of days. I'm having a great time hanging out with them, and tonight I'm doing to visit them at their hotel in Bellevue. Molly is here for work, and we're going to lounge around their room this evening to watch bad tv and eat Frankie's pizza, which we haven't had in years and years. Yum! It will so remind me of high school. I'm super excited! Have I mentioned that Trav is pretty much the best kid ever?

I saw the movie Whip It with Em the other day. Totally cute and fun. I think for Halloween I should be a roller derby girl. I was going to go as my musical hero, Jack White, but now I'm not so sure. The only downside to RDG is that I'm horribly uncoordinated on skates. Maybe I can just put on a costume and carry around skates or something. That would be a lot safer for everyone. We shall see. Often, I'm not that big on actually doing anything for Halloween, but I like to think about potential costumes. What could be my roller derby name?