This Morning

I looked out the window when I woke up, and what did I see? Shadows! And do you know how you get shadows? With SUNLIGHT!!! Now, this picture isn't from when I woke up (at 6 am). I took this pic at 8, while Georgia was taking a nap.

Georgia is the little girl I am nannying this summer. At 6 months old, she is absolutely adorable! She's just been a little fussy lately. Her parents think she's going through a crying phase. I just might agree with them. She cries when she wakes up from a nap, when I set her in the exersaucer, and when I put her in the swing. Let's just hope this ends soon!
But on to other news! I am so excited for County Arts In! For those of you who don't know, Arts In is a 4-H program. In our county, an origional play is made and in three days kids from grades 5 to 12 are taught the songs and dances for the show. At the end of three days, the performers put on a show for their parents and family. Then, about a week later, there is a performance day in which the show is performed at county nursing homes and at Vasa Childrens Home (a school/home for children and young adults with disabilities). After that, the show is performed at the county fair.
Last year I acted as Assistant Director. I choreographed a few songs (3, I think)and helped the kids learn their lines, and any other things that Beth (the Director) wanted me to do.
This year, I am going to be one of three directors. The other two are Isaiah and Amelia, two wonderful fellow 4-Hers that I worked with last year. Next Tuesday is our first meeting to work on ideas and songs. I think I have a few good ones! If you have any good ideas, let me know!

The Last

When I think about this as my last year in 4-H, half of me says, "I don't want it to end" and the other half of me says, "I can't wait for the craziness to end!" There will be no more county dues, no last minute projects, and no working at the county fair.
And sincde I've been at college the whole school year, I feel so disconnected. I went to the May ambassador meeting, and none of my close buddies were there. (Most of them have graduated from 4-H anyway.) And there were a bunch of young new-bloods that I had never met. So I felt really out of place.
But my local club is almost exactly the same. Only, for the first time since the eighth grade, I wasn't an officer sitting in the front. So that was a bit different.
Even then, what I really can't wait until I don't have to work at the county fair. I don't mind working the ambie booth (which is basically a directory for the 4-H building and the rest of the fair)...until someone says we can't socialize. And then all of my friends leave and I'm really bored. Yawn. What I hate the most (well, it's more like dislike with the passion of a thousand burning suns) is working at the animal shows. The beef and dairy shows don't last more than 4 hours. Poultry shows, on the other hand, start at six pm one night and don't get done til about two am the next morning. I've worked two poultry shows, and have since then told the people who organize the work schedule that I refuse to work animal shows.