Knackered!

The VFV organised an excursion for us on the 31st and as we would usually work on that day, we made up the hours today and worked ALL day! Don't laugh - but we were knackered! Got there at 7:30am and had usual class etc and then we went downtown for lunch to Matts 2nd home - Shakeys. We hadn't been there before which was good and the pizza was yummy! Back to work for 2pm and there was a doctor there visiting the kids. We got talking and he invited all three of us to lunch at his sisters fast food joint the following Monday.

A new kid arrived at the orphanage this week - Albert who is about 3 years old. He is really worried looking and I picked him up this morning as he was crying. I couldn't put him down for the rest of the day as he would start crying again so I spent all day with him, even when he saw the doctor, he wouldn't let go of my hand. I tried to get him to play with the other kids which he did but always came back to see me every few minutes. About 1/2 hr before leaving for the day, I put him in his cot and he literally screamed the place down. I had to hide round the corner to avoid upsetting him even more when he saw me. I know I should have put him down sooner really so he didn't get used to me but it is so hard when they are upset. Sometimes it feels like you are making things worse when you leave a kid crying. I want to add him to the list of kids to take home.