Happy Things

• Kendra and I setting off the fire alarm says the guys. But we were told different.
• Kippany chasing "guys" and suffering the consequences
• Kippany: "I might be a girl, but I'm not a wimp."
• Having Mrs. Carson tell me I look like an actress
• Danielle E. and I moving a couch from storage all the way to 1031 ALL BY OURSELVES! (And the only guys that saw us were Ruthie's dad and brother as we were shoving it into our room!)
• Going canoeing down Turkey Run River, splashing each other with paddles, and my sad attempt at steering
• Taking candid shots of staff in the parking lot on a beautiful summer evening
• My mom preaching to me when I called and cried and poured out all my woes
• Having the elevator talk and telling it "thank you" for the first time in my life
• Conny asking Mr. Ritchie to sing "He is Exalted" in Spanish and Mr. Ritchie not even remembering the words in English
• Danielle F. [on going out with a group of training center girls]: "You can smile as big as you want, and they still look at your skirt."
• Danielle E. telling Danielle F. to "drop dead" as she came around the laundry room door, before she realized who it was! (Danielle E. and Micaela were my bodyguards.) The look on their faces was priceless!
• "He's practically married to the announcements." --Brian Davis, on trying to get Matt to miss meal announcements
• Aaron M. leading enthusiastic singing in the dish pit: "I've got peace like a river, I've got peace like a river . . ."
  Abram M.'s response: "I've got my fingers in my ears, I've got my fingers in my ears . . ."
  Chef Grose's response, about 10 minutes later: "Someone said they were singing back there, but it sounded like a cat got caught in the dish machine."
• Shopping for birthday cards with Danielle F.
• Danielle spilling a pither of ice all over her plate and bowl
• Kendra's beautiful smile
• Working with Kendra
• Watching little Paine boys play with the hose and squirting anyone that walked by
• Telling Kelly she's not allowed back in dish pit
• Danielle F. writing my name as Stefania Ox on her goal card the week I was supervisor in Learning Center
• Nayeli calling me "Stephano"
• The time we were in EQUIP training and didn't arrive for lunch until 12:30. When someone asked where we were, Kendra said that we were raptured. About that time, the guys showed up, and Kendra said, "I guess God sent the boys back."
• Megan's response to being soaked by Danielle F. when I cracked the door: "Two words--vengeance is mine!" (The gospel according to Megan)
• Some people get married and have children, Micaela wants to get married and have a farm
• Danielle E.: "I need to get some chicken."
  Micaela: "A chicken? Like, gobble, gobble?"
  I'm like, "That's a turkey, not a chicken."
• "I'm going to ask Matt for a hair cut before dinner." --Andy Lewis, after outlining the "Super Matt" song the guys planned to sing at dinner for Matt's birthday