It's been a week...

After last week this week has been awful.  Honestly, I think I'm coming down with a cold or something that makes me really tired and makes me wake up with a swore throat wishing that I didn't have to get out of bed. 

Wednesday and Thursday are the house parents days off, and for me they are sometimes the hardest days.  One of the duties that we (as mentors) have to do when they are off is preparing and cooking the meals for the day... shocking that kids have to eat right?  This week on Wednesday morning I woke up feeling lick I just needed to roll over and go back to bed but I got up and made breakfast because I knew it had to be done.  The worst part was the meat.  I already felt like I was going to throw up that morning and then I found out how much worst it would me once I got to cooking raw meat.  This maybe a silly thing, but I HATE raw meat... with a passion!  Raw sausage for breakfast... is NOT good idea for an upset stomach.  But Thanks be to God, I made breakfast and the girls enjoyed it.  But it was not a fun task.  Then for dinner I made stir fry with chicken... that was pretty bad as well I'm not going to lie, but not nearly as bad as the sausage... it took me a while to get my appetite back after I cooked the sausage.  So really, if you have ANY suggestions on what kinds of food  I can make for breakfast or dinner... perhaps stuff with not a lot of meat would be even better :).  Not really though... I can make things with meat, I will do it for the girls!  But please send me recipes on facebook or to my email or here!

Other than me having an increased dislike for raw meat I must also say that this week really hasn't been the easiest.  Truly not an easy task being a new mentor to teenage girls who sometimes what to be friends and other times what to rebel against authority.  Specifically when they are asked to put their shoes up, apparently that is a sore subject.  I was told this week by one of the students that she didn't understand why she had to clean up the house because "we live in a house, not a museum".  Which although is true does not mean that we have to live in filth and make sure that our shoes are where they belong.  They also weren't to happy when the student that is pretty much a mentor (because she is the highest level you can get) was upset because of the laundry room being a mess.  I mean it was GROSS.  And we talked about it last week and one of the other girls was going to clean it and forgot or something.  A lot of this week was dealing with attitude, A LOT OF ATTITUDE!

Speaking of attitude, one of the girls has had an attitude with me since I got to the ranch.  Anytime that I ask her to do something she kind of rolls her eyes at me and gets upset.  However, being that I have been here for a month, it is about time that she stops with the back talk and stuff.  I know that this was a God thing that I am about to tell you.  On Wednesday night I was done with life, I was tired I didn't feel good and I was sick of the attitude with this girl along with other things.  I have been repeatedly told that she will not take correction well, and that it is never her fault.  Which is hard to handle for me because she is 13 she needs to get over herself!  Anyway - Well Miss Kelley was talking to the girls about attitudes and cleaning I asked her if she was listening because her head was down and like normal she had an attitude back.  I was at my breaking point and Kelly asked her not to talk back and then I asked her not to roll her eyes at me... Tenish minutes later she asked to talk to me.  We went outside and she ACTUALLY APOLOGIZED!  It was good!

Off to Mellow Mushroom now with JADA!