Getting back in the swing of things.

I'm beginning to remember why I was so tired for all of fall. City Year is tiring.

MLK Day is going to be amazing. Last week I was afraid I wasn't going to be able to contribute much. I was totally wrong. Now I'm spearheading the community art project, which has in the last three days become the main focus of our afternoon activities. The idea (which was stolen with love and great thanks to Michelle) is "Faces of the Community"... I ordered 200 small canvases in three different sizes, and we're going to have everyone paint a self-portrait. The canvases are going to be attached together (with a nail gun, I think) kind of three-dimensionally, so that they are kind of overlapping with some in front of or behind others. I went to the Portsmouth library today, where the finished product will be displayed, where Jen and I were supposed to meet with the library director. She wasn't there, so we just kind of scoped out the place. We might try to build some kind of structure so it can be a free standing display, with canvases on both sides, back to back. I'm hoping we can get a big section of wall in the entrance to the children's section. It's the perfect size, and the perfect location.

Destination Imagination is good, but there's so much to do. So much pressure for the program to go well in Seabrook this year, and not much support from the school. We're having trouble finding and keeping kids. But after a bit of a freak out this morning, Will and I spent the afternoon organizing and planning and whatnot. We'll see how many kids we get tomorrow, and hopefully we can still take a couple of them to team training on Saturday.

After school was rough today. For many reasons. Not the least of which was when a girl got kneed in the nose. Luckily it seemed to still be in one piece, so I took her to the teacher's room to get ice and let her sit with me for the rest of the afternoon instead of participating in the program.

I was ready for bed by about 7:30 this evening, so I've officially gone from feeling three hours behind the time zone I'm in, to feeling three hours AHEAD of the time zone I'm in. So much for jet lag.