The Maple Ridge

last week was rough even though i had it off from school. i got pooped on twice in the same day. once at work (oh yeah, i work in a group home for the handicapped--dude pooped in my hand and smiled at me) and then once when i was outside the laundromat by a bird. bird pooped right on my head. the last time i got pooped on the head by a bird was when i was like six or seven i think. i was walked down my street playing and a bird pooped right in my hair. luckily, this time i was wearing a had.
anyway, the rest of the week was tough, but the weather got nice on the weekend. a friend of ours (sarah and mine) had just come back from being in california for a month and since it was wintery cold for his arrival we decided to do some grilling on sunday and have people over to pretend it wasn't february in rochester. i stood out in the cold by myself most of the time. i kept asking for someone to come keep me company, but everyone was inside watching the first season of Arrested Development. on occasion i'd have some company. it was in the low 30's but after being out there long enough you'd start to feel it in your toes.
This week was really bad as one of the residents at work is dying. she's in the hospital and has been ever since wednesday morning when we had to call an ambulance and rush her off. that made the entire place miserable. i kept shifting from really sad and really angry all week. i can't do this line of work anymore. i used to work in a high functioning house and it was great because we'd go fishing and play basketball and throw horse-shoes and darts, or just sit around and watch movies and play monopoly, and no one was going to die.
the weather is on the way up again, though! thank god. by monday it's supposed to be around 45 degrees. i can't wait. when the weather is nice like that it's great to take hubcap to the dog-park so he can run around with other dogs and be silly. he loves it, too. he needs to work off some of his sitting-around-the-apartment-all-winter weight. as do we all!
it's time to go for now, but i'll post a picture of myself grilling last sunday once i'm done writing this. enjoy.