my brain is all over.

my valentine's day was unique... i spent it dressed in my white scrubs, line-dancing to 'achy-breaky heart' in gym full of elementary school-aged girls and eating fruit kabobs dipped into a chocolate fountain.

the girls' club at our church was doing an evening all about our hearts - physical and spiritual - and they asked a bunch of nurses to be there to help out. so i had girls come up to where i was sitting and i'd ask her if she knew of some ways to keep her heart healthy [eat fruits & veggies, exercise - hence the line-dancing] and also her spiritual heart [talk to God, read the Bible, go to sunday school]. and then i checked her pulse and let her listen to my stethoscope too and gave her a little certificate. it was actually quite fun. a lot of girls recognized me from day camp. thankfully they all were wearing name tags. "oh hi..." (glance down) "...alicia! how are you doing? are you coming back to day camp this summer?"

so.... speaking of day camp. what to think?? i really don't want to be a counsellor again. so i won't be. however, there is an option that i'm exploring. last year we had leaders-in-training (high school kids) to help us out. they did a good job of helping out and observing and reading off of scripts for the 'skits' ... but not a lot of learning how to be a leader. so they want to develop this program further. so this is where i come in. suddenly i have this idea that i could make this program. i could be the LIT coordinator... we'd have daily meetings to help the LITs focus and plan and grow and stretch and see how they're doing each day. we'd have daily goals to challenge them to grow and to take initiative (something that was lacking last year). i'd get to know them and encourage them and support them. i would make them teach a bible lesson to their team once a week. they would receive guidance and then they'd become the GREATEST LEADERS THAT EVER LED....

oh ya, and they could have really used a drama coach.

no seriously..... i don't know why i really want to do this. i just do. i don't know.... i was going to take this summer a bit easier. and you know, i really really really wanted to go on a family vacation with R this summer, drive to the mountains and go camping or something, BEFORE i graduate next summer, since it sounds like a lot of students are getting hired on to the wards where they do their senior practicum [in other words, this is my last summer 'off'].

and the other thing plaguing my brain lately is scrapbooking. i worked almost a full day today at the PO (i'm on my reading week) and i think that i made almost the exact amount of money today that i've spent this week on scrapping supplies. i'm getting disappointed and bored with my style and so i set out and bought a LOT of new paper (it was 50% off at one store) to inspire me. i shall post some pics in the future, but first i need to put in some hard work. i'm really not into a lot of stickers and crazy things that some scrappers pay thousands of dollars for... i mean, when you have a huge page, and tons of papers and stickers and rub-ons and thingies [apparently i'm also not into the lingo] but only 1 picture.... what's the point? i want to show off my pics!

anyways. it's bedtime. and i work again tomorrow. its sooo slow at work since its on-campus and its reading week. today i read a book. a coworker told me to bring my scrapping stuff to work tomorrow.
i told her not to tempt me.