Who Dat!?

It's been a while since I've updated. This mainly due to the fact that I would rather nap during my free time than write....woops. BUT tonight I am in rare form because I ran TWICE today! This entire trip I've tried keeping my morning runs a secret because I don't want the kids to ask to come with. ( I know that's awful, but I really didn't think my 20-something self would be able to keep up with a bunch of active teenagers) We got off site unusually early today, however, so one of the other staff and I brought a couple of girls to a park on St. Charles Ave. I wasn't planning on running, but since the blazing sun held me back from having an adequate morning jog today, I decided to tag along. To my surprise, it was awesome and now I'm taking them back anytime they ask. That is, as long as I am not napping.

As I stated in my previous post, our new kids arrived on Tuesday. They're dynamic is COMPLETELY different than our last. Not in a good or a bad way... just in a different way. For instance, they rave about how good the food we cook is and they do their chores the FIRST time I ask...pretty suspicious if you ask me.

This past week I brought 6 of our kids to work on a house in St. Bernard's Parrish. There we were greeted by our onsite coordinator 'We' (I don't know how to spell his name) and Lolo, an adult volunteer. I came to adore both. Lolo is a kick-butt 50-year-old 1st grade teacher who dedicates two weeks of her summer every year to help rebuild. We is a beast! He rides his bike to work every day and learned all of his handy work from YouTube. He said that his motivation to build was in case he ever had children and "wanted to build a tree house for them." How presh!

Days were spent laying down hardwood floor. I'm pretty much an expert by now.

The kids and I were lucky enough to meet our home owner Darren!. Darren told us the incredible story about his decision to stay during the storm. Because his birthday landed on the 28th of August, he decided to hang back and throw himself a birthday party. The next morning he woke up to find water streaming in from every open crevasse of his house. He busted through his roof and hung out until a random boat floated by. From then on out he has been living in multiple locations throughout Louisiana. When his house became approved by St. Bernard's, he moved back in with his mother (much to his dismay). Darren has owned his house for 20 years, and has been forced to roam for 5. Finally, he gets to come back home!

We took a pretty fab picture with him with one of the the girl's cameras. I will be sure to post it after I'm allowed to be facebook friends with her.

Goodnight :)