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hello, addicts. this one will be short, regrettably. it's late, and i'm tired, and i have to work tomorrow. i just wanted to tell you about my day at work today.

in case you didn't know, i'm a D&A counselor, and i work with delinquent and dependent adolescent boys. love, love, love my job. i can't imagine myself doing anything else. i'm sure i've said that in a previous post, though. whatever. anyway, today, myself and a coworker took some of my boys on an outing. we went to cici's pizza, then we went to the mall for a little while, and then we went bowling.

have you ever lived for anything?

i live to see my boys smile.

today when they were bowling, they had such a good time. it made my heart soar with happiness to see them enjoying themselves. it seems like such a simple pleasure, really, to see a child (teenager) laugh, but it is an amazing feeling.

i went to dunkin' donuts and bought them some donuts, but unfortunately, there was a minor verbal altercation between two of my boys in the bowling alley, and it made me mad, so i didn't give them the donuts. other than that, we had a really good evening. they laughed, they were respectful, they were KIDS. it warmed my heart. if ever i thought about a career change, all thoughts like that were eradicated tonight.

but now i have 2 dozen donuts in my refrigerator that i have no idea how to get rid of. lord knows i won't eat them all. i will have a sugar donut or two, and i guess i'll donate the rest of them to anyone who'll have them.

bowling. i haven't bowled in years, literally. i wasn't even aware that the bowling alley in monroeville had a bar in it. of course i didn't indulge while i was with my kids, but i've decided that i will definitely fuck with it when i'm with my friends or my significant other. i'm sure cosmic bowling (that's what it's called after hours) would be a BLAST when you've had a few.

okay...i think that's all for me for now. i'm off to bed. it's 5:05 am. i need to lay it down. i'm sleepy and i need to hold my bear and snooze. more tomorrow, i promise.

until then.

One L♥ve.