August 14th
Tuesday. So a group of volunteers went to the mall, and even though I really wanted to go, I had to work. Karen's uncle lives in the area, so Mariam covers for Karen, and we both work lunch. Karen brought her uncle and his family to meet us, and even though it was just a bit awkward, they seemed really nice.
So after lunch, Mariam and I are walking to the pavilion, when Mariam stops in her tracks and says "Oh, I was going to get a Coke at the caf!!" I told her not to worry, because there was a vending machine underneath the pavilion. I loved getting my Coke there, because the vending machine was so cold, my Coke was always a slushy.
So we get to the vending machine, only to find out we don't have enough quarters. But we check to see if it takes pennies, nickels, or dimes. It doesn't accept pennies, but everything else works. It was quite a comical sight. We were searching our bags looking for a dime here, or a nickel there. I used two quarters and several nickels and dimes.
We eventually got our drinks paid for. We both took a sip from our Coke. Ahh, it was slushy, just the way I liked it. As we come out from the pavilion, we see Trey and Caleb working, getting trash from a dumpster to their truck to transport it. A dirty job.
Mariam felt sorry for them, and said she wished we could do something for them. I took a look at my Coke and said, "Why don't we just give them our Cokes?" Even though we both had already taken a sip out of it, we didn't think they would care. So we went up to them and gave them our Cokes. They were so grateful. Glad we could help.
We go on to the lounge and hang out. About an hour later, Trey and Caleb come in and start playing pool. We talk with them for a little bit, and then Mariam remembers about her laundry. She needs to switch it out. So we walk all the way to the caf, only to find out that neither of us had any quarters on us, because we just spent them all on the Cokes.
So Mariam goes to random people asking them if they had any change for a $20. But, interns, as we come to find out, are broke. So Mariam goes up to Mrs. Olin's office, and is able to get one $10 and two $5's. Now she needs to break a $5.
She goes downstairs to the kitchen, and finds the head cook, Heidi. Heidi has change, but she isn't able to get it yet, so we sit in the caf to wait. We are just talking when Aimee comes. I invite her to sit with us, and she does. And then she is telling me everything I need to know if I was to become an intern next year.
While we were talking, Ulises and Philip (who both went to the mall) made an appearance and came and talked with us. I resumed my conversation with Aimee. Karen comes then, just arriving back from spending time with her uncle. She talked about it. Aimee left, and we all sat around and talked about our day.
Mariam and I had made a bet about how to pronounce Ulises' name. I thought it was you-lee-sis, and Mariam thought it was oo-lee-sis. We bet two jumps (because we were planning on going cliff jumping the next day). Well...Mariam won. Now I had to jump at least twice tomorrow. Lovely.
Soon, all of the volunteers were in the caf. I wasn't going to eat in the caf because they were serving turkey sandwiches...only the twentieth time to serve sandwiches this week. Of course, it was transition week...but still, it was tiring.
So Mariam was planning on going out and buying pizza for us. But I really wanted dessert. It was a strawberry shortcake pudding that was delicious, so I went into the kitchen ahead of time to get my dessert. Karen wanted hers too. Mitchell stopped us and told us that we couldn't get our dessert until 5:00pm. It was 4:30pm.
So I distracted Mitchell and told him about the bracelet I was supposed to make him, and was checking with the colors, and Karen ran around back and got our desserts. Once we have our desserts, we go and sit down. I end up sitting with Andrew and Priscilla.
I put my phone on the table, turn around for one minute, turn back, and find Andrew on my phone. He took a picture of himself, as seen below. Then he started singing country songs about honeybees. We all leave the caf and go to the lounge.
Desiree, Philip, and Mariam go to get pizza. While we are in the lounge, Caleb comes up to me and hands me a violin and a bow. I had been asking him to get a bow so I could try and play, and he did. And I tried and played. And failed. Miserably.
I took violin for 4 months several years ago, and I wanted to see if I still remembered anything. Well, the fact that I hadn't picked up a violin in over 4 years didn't help. Everyone was watching me. I was so self-conscious. I played for about 2 minutes. I was so horrible that I gave the violin and bow back to Caleb.
They arrive with pizza, candy, soda. We all sit together, and eat pizza. Mariam tells us how thankful she is for each and every one of us. We all have nicknames. Well, almost all of us.
Karen is Fancy.
Desiree is Dezi.
I am Nickel.
Andrew is Kiwi.
Philip is Justin. (Although she tried to stop calling him that because he really didn't like that.)
Ulises is Kool-aid.
Trey is Scoggins.
Christina is Miley.
Snow is Frosty.
She didn't have a nickname for Christa, Priscilla, Caleb, or Rachel...I'm not sure why. So we all are sitting together, eating our pizza, when Snow picks up Caleb's guitar, and starts singing a worship song. Mariam asked him earlier in the day if he would come over and sing for her.
And he did. After the song, Caleb takes the guitar, looks at Philip, and says "Philip! You ready?" Philip shakes his head and says no. Caleb smiles, "Philip!!". Caleb begins to play his guitar. I wasn't sure what they were planning, until Philip started singing, and I couldn't help but laugh.
Philip was singing a Justin Bieber song. Baby. We had been teasing Philip since day 1, telling him that he looked like Justin (hence his nickname). So that night we sang all sorts of songs. It was a wonderful night. I don't think anybody wanted it to end. But it did. 1:30am, and everybody was asleep.
Nickel
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| Andrew's picture he kindly left on my phone |
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| Karen, me and Rachel L!!! |
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| Caleb, Philip, and Snow |
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