BEDA #6: Spread The Loooove

OKAY, KIDZZ. So I'm posting twice today, because I said when I started BEDA that I was gonna make up for the days I've missed, and for real, that's what I plan on doing. Plus, I sorta wanted to blog about nonimportant things today, and the blog post I did earlier today on the Day of Silence didn't really leave room for that. So I guess that means it's perfect timing for another BEDA post! 8D

I got my BEDA buddies today too! Their names are Rishem, Patty, and Kristyn, and every single one of us is a Harry Potter is that. How freaking awesome is that?! I'm really really excited, man. And I'm trying to think of something to do for like, group bonding or whatever, but I haven't quite thought of any ideas just yet. So I guess we'll just have to wait and see, eh? For now though, I'm planning on just featuring one of them per day. Partly because this gives me a chance to get more in-detailed for each of them instead of just doing a brief overview of all three of 'em at once. But mainly it's just because Rishem is the only one whose blog I've found thusfar, so it's a bit hard to say anything about the other two. Bahaha.

You can click here to see Rishem's blog! :U

So far, I'm thinkin' she's a pretty rockin' cat, mann. I mean, c'mon. How could someone planning the eventual dictatorship of Canada not be awesome, right? Plus, I'm thinking we have some sorta mojo between us, because she mentioned Slumdog Millionare in her April 15th post, and we juuust rented it. So I think it's kinda awesome that I'm already doing what she's telling to before I even know what the commands are. Ahaha. And she's a freaking NERDFIGHTER. BE DO DO DOOO. I mean, I'm sure a massive amount of kids who know of Maureen Johnson know of her because of John Green and Brotherhood 2.0, but hey, still. A Nerdfighter's a Nerdfighter.

Okay, paragraph format for this is kinda hard, so here's a list of reasons why Rishem's awesome:

1. She's a Nerdfighter
2. She likes Harry Potter
3. We have some sort of telepathic bond
4. She's planning a dictatorship
5. Even with the BEDA days she's missed, she looks like a freaking pro compared to me
6. She had lasagna for dinner on the 15th
7. She lives in another country, even though it's only Canada
8. She's making some really sweet and really awesome points in her blogs. Especially on Day 4: "Something I'm realizing more and more everyday is that nobody ever has to be alone in anything. There will always be someone there for you and if you're really lucky you won't be able to push them away. Whatever your excuse is, you don't want anybody to suffer with you, they don't wanna hear about this, they've got problems of their own, I can do this on my own, etc. Whatever it is, they'll be there. And I'm so glad that I have people like that in my life. They've made everything so much easier for me and I don't know what I would have done if they weren't there. But, what I was getting to before was that everything's a lot harder if you don't let those people in and share what's going on. Sometimes even having someone there that will listen is good enough to ease the burden." One of my biggest things lately is that I've been feeling really, really lonely. Junior year is ridiculously busy, and it just seems like everyone's gotten so sucked up in their own crap that I don't even see the kids I used to spend every single day with anymore, and it just gives me a fuzzy feeling reading some of the things she's written.
9. She's a supporter of To Write Love On Her Arms. 8DDD [Click here for my article on TWLOHA]

But anyways, tomorrow I'm going to this old lady's house from my church and working for eight hours. I'm going on a mission trip to Cabrini Green, the projects in Chicago, this summer with my church, and every year we have a Workathon where kids who need extra money call up parishioners and as them to pledge us money for spending one day working for someone from the church. This year, I think we're doing a bunch of yardwork and rebuilding a retaining wall for her, and part of me's really excited for it.

I remember last year during the Workathon, I had my robot baby for child development. Ohhh man was THAT ever interesting. It was raining outside, and pretty much what we did for the entire day was deconstruct this rotting garage that happened to be at the top of this hill that led right down to a swamp. So I had to keep running back and forth between carrying gigantic chunks of rotten wood and making sure Connor, who was underneath a towel the entire time, wasn't crying. It was so. Hard. I swear though, I loved having Connor so much though. Even if he was a robot baby, he was absolutely endearing, and he still TOTALLY tugged on my motherly instincts. Honestly, I still miss the lil' guy. <333

It's gettin' late though, and like I said, I have to get some work done tomorrow. I have a video planned though, and if it doesn't fall through, I think it's safe to say it'll be up within the week.

Catch you guys tomorrow! <3