I just deleted the original post. This will be inferior, automatically. I'm discouraged - don't you hate it when this happens? I'm not going to include the bit about violin, so for the sake of justifying looking up his name: Mendelssohn.
OK. Today was my first real day of my new job. I have an old job, where I still reign Queen Supreme of the Copy Machine, but now, I have a second one. one that does more than pay the gas bill. For my new job, I'm working at the Juvenile Detention Center, administering a part of the intake interview. This is challenging because the youths there are very, very candid. To be specific, it is emotionally taxing and I can feel the burden. But, this job is exciting for me because it is a step towards my future career goals in several ways. Outside of the resume boost, I'm doing things and working with people that I will be likely to work with as a part of my career. Very interesting.
Outside of that, class is going well. I have a small collection of Latin terms that I can correctly apply to plants - no useful information yet, and I've a solid A. Violin is going well, as is my original job. I'm starting work for my senior thesis, which is insanely exciting. It looks like I'll be doing my own data collection, probably with the JDC youths that I'm working with now. :) This is just a straight up ramble, I have no moral to my story, and I have no witty line with which I can end it. Oh well. Enjoy your summer days - they're lovely here.
OK, conclusion:
Today, for botany class, we all stopped for a moment to talk about leaf variation and eat fresh, wild mulberries. Juicy and tart, they made me very anxious to get to pie-making. :)
I was unaware of domesticated vs wild mulberries. I would ask how they compare to our mulberry tree but I think the berries of late have been very watery.
I think either there are different varieties of mulberries or they just taste better when you are younger. There was a mulberry tree in my friend's neighbor's yard that we used to eat on when we were kids. And it was the weeping variety, so they were all within easy reach. They were the sweetest, juiciest, tastiest mulberries ever. I wish I had a cutting of that tree and if I go to Philly this summer, I might just stop by and take a cutting.
Oops, I got side tracked by the comments. I meant to respond to your post, Kristen.
You are going to be working with a tough crowd. I have a friend who used to work with the same population. Operative word, "used to". She found it very emotionally draining and took extensive steps to sort of protect her inner-self. It sounds as though you have already discovered that to some extent. So take care of yourself.
Lecture over.
I can hear the excitement of your endeavors in your post. Passion is what drives us to excelling and achieveing. There is risk when you expose yourself to others pain. There is also
greater fulfillment when your efforts aid them in overcoming even the samallest of these things. Try to empathetic and this is a natural protection. Sympathy gets us in trouble as we try to resolve issues that are not ours to resolve. I trust you are being trained to deal with these circumstances.
I can hear the excitement of your endeavors in your post. Passion is what drives us to excelling and achieveing. There is risk when you expose yourself to others pain. There is also
greater fulfillment when your efforts aid them in overcoming even the smallest of these things. Try to empathic as this is a natural protection. Sympathy gets us in trouble as we try to resolve issues that are not ours to resolve. I trust you are being trained to deal with these circumstances.
I can hear the excitement of your endeavors in your post. Passion is what drives us to excelling and achieveing. There is risk when you expose yourself to others pain. There is also
greater fulfillment when your efforts aid them in overcoming even the smallest of these things. Try to be empathic as this is a natural protection. Sympathy gets us into trouble as we try to resolve issues that are not ours to resolve. I trust you are being trained to deal with these circumstances.