Words on a page (punctuation optional)

I am typing what comes to my mind in chronological order: Sarah, the socket that previously had my lower right wisdom tooth hurts, time for another sip of coffee, I’m tired, mom is grumpy, starting work at 6am is nice but I’m tired, I need to go dumpster diving again, I miss it. I miss Sarah. Crocs are better that Chacos. I should get the lumber out of my car and do some building. Is my camera dead or just the batteries? Does anyone read this? Tomorrow is my last day of landscaping, then I go to Diakon. What will that be like? I hope I’m in the field a lot and don’t have days off. Sarah says Carlisle is good town to hang out in. I need to order new hiking boots, I bet I’ll get them at the end of my trip. I’m hungry.

...dealing with troubled youth in the woods

This past week was a contrast between the joys of beach going with Sarah and the struggles of dealing with troubled youth in the woods.

Last weekend Sarah and I were in Del. on our way to a MD wedding. So far it has been the highlight of my summer. She is so much fun. We went for a long walk on the beach before it got busy and then built a little sand castle. The wedding reception was a ritzy event at an upper class country club. Sarah has never looked so beautiful.

Most of my week was spent observing/assisting with 11 kids as they dealt with the realities of days 1-4 of a 31 day wilderness experience. Some came in shackles, a few came from residential placement, and one came from a detention center where he hadn’t seen daylight in 20+ days. I learned as much about their world (and language) as they did about mine. I’ll try to take my camera the next time I’m out.

Anyone know what is going on in this description: “My dawgs were postin up by the crib with blunts and 40s when my P.O. rolled by. I wanted to pop the cracker in the cabbage.”

Post your guesses.

...we saw the light.

Caving was awsome! I had never been before. When we reached the farthest corner of the cave our instructor made us turn out our lights. Darkness was defined. Then he told us that we could find our way out without lights. After an hour of crawling through holes and wading through mud and water we saw the light.