Easter

Merr I hope I'm not getting sick. My throats been hurting for the past day and my glands are swollen. Ahh!

Easter Weekend here at the center was quite busy with two youth groups in from Friday to Sunday. Since I'd worked with groups my last two shifts, this weekend I was on kitchen and got the lovely task of making baked goods for all the volunteers and guests at the center for the weekend. Enter: 60 decorated cupcakes, a lamb-shaped cake, chocolate nests, and buttercream cake. My kind of weekend! Amazin' like.

This week I'm working with a group called Cedar Foundation, which is an organisation in Northern Ireland that works with physically disabled teenagers in the sense of creating opportunities for them to meet friends, engage in fun activities, and help them plan for their future. They arrived yesterday afternoon and are such lovely folks. Unfortunately it's pouring today and they won't get to go see the Giant's Causeway as planned, but instead they are going bowling. It's really amazing how much people in wheelchairs are able to participate in and do today...

One of my favorite fellow volunteers, Chris, a High School English teacher from New York, had his last day today. That's one of the hard things about this place is the constant coming and going of people. Other people have said you get to a point where you just don't want to form new relationships with anyone here because you're constantly forced to have sad goodbyes. Thats sort of a sad mindset, but I'm starting to understand it to some level. I think I meet at least 25 new people here per week.

Quick naptime, then off to finish my day with Cedar Haven. Ta for now!

Karen