St. Patrick's Day was pretty great. Even though I was sitting here in Brenton, not even able to visit the only establishment in town, the Post Office, because it was a Sunday, I had a great day. We stayed up late the night before waiting for University of Southern California's group to arrive, but we had a little bit of time to go to Razzle's, a classy establishment located near our gym that we've been meaning to visit. It was amazing for the fact that we all got free green necklaces, bracelets, glow sticks and tiny green leprechaun hats. We all know how much I love free things. Amber and I spent the actual day starting a small garden. We had to plant most of our seeds inside first and then we will transplant them, but we're starting with carrots, tomatoes and peppers, along with some flowers for fun. While we were digging up the yard to put in the new soil I casually remarked to her, "Wouldn't it be crazy if we found a 4-leaf clover?" When she told me that it wouldn't count if it was already dug up, I decided to check the small patch that we still had left to take out. Within 30 seconds of looking I actually found one! Then later we drove the nearest McDonald's (20 minutes away) to get Shamrock Shakes to make our day complete. Overall, a pretty perfect St. Pat's Day!
Besides Sunday, things have been absolutely crazy with working and volunteers and our staff. I find it really stressful that problems we've all been discussing since September are still popping up and it's March and solutions still haven't been found. So that's frustrating. Not to mention that everyone on our staff has been off and on sick for the last week and a half. But at the same time, working for ASP really is amazing. I mean, I met with a few contractors last week to get estimates for getting running water for one of our families who hasn't had it in fifteen years. Fingers crossed! Looking past all the drama and stress, sometimes I sit back and wonder how I'm allowed to plan and do all these incredible things for incredible people and with incredible people. Since my roommates usually read this when I post them and I know they could use a good laugh, I thought I'd dedicate some GIFs to show my general track of emotions in one day.
Having emotions is exhausting. Or, as Sweet Brown so elegantly said it best:
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