So today was an amazing day. I went to the orphanage this morning only to realize that I have new workers this week. A bit of a downer but hey. new experiences. These workers proved to be a lot harsher on the kids as well as favor different kids than the Gabby and Whatshername. They favor The Monster which is interesting.. they take him out on walks a lot which makes my job easier in the play room. The day was a bit crazy because these workers seem to always be yelling which makes the kids in turn scream more. There were typically like 3 or 4 kids crying at a time today. Jello is usually the happiest and he was crying every time I turned around. I think it was because he is a good kid being treated like a bad one. The moment of saving grace was the moment I pulled the bubbles out! Man it is crazy to see how much these kids love the simple things. Give them a fancy expensive toy and they dont know what to do with it but the moment you tickle them, give them a balloon or even sing they are the happiest kids in the world. I tried to take A.U to the computer room today.. They changed his wheelchair so the head piece with the mouse buttons does not fit any more. We tried setting up the webcam software that helps him control the mouse with his eyes but 5 minutes into the game the electricity in the orphanage went out! I guess it has been doing that a lot lately. Good thing none of the children are on machines! A.U was very frustrated but we explained to him we would play tomorrow and he pouted the entire way back to his room. This is life.
The hospital was incredible today. As many of you know.. the hospital has been my least favorite part of this experience. The conditions, the grumpy nurses, the stares, the disorganization just set me off. I think this was because I had not yet had an experience like today. The children that Megan and I wanted to play with had left so we went on our child hunt asking each section if they had any abandoned kids. We found two babies on the 2nd floor. Also in the room was the cutest 7 year old boy with a broken leg tied to the bed and another injured boy and his mom on the other side of the room. One of the babies had a severe case of hydrocephalus and looked like Brain from Pinky and the Brain. It was surreal. I held him for a while but his head was so heavy that I had to put him down for a bit. We tried talking to the boy but he hid his head and would not talk. I pulled out a coloring book and he tentatively took it and started coloring. It was not until I pulled out the bubbles that he really came out of his shell. I wish I had the pictures to put because it quickly became a party. The boy's name is Dănuț and he changed character 180 degrees. He popped the bubbles with his tongue.. hands.. foot.. and was having the time of his life. Two other kids came in the room to play, a cute little girl named Dana and another boy. I painted Dana's nails hot pink and she was so happy! Another thing Danut loved was music. At first he was playing with a little "Old McDonald had a farm" toy I had for little kids.. but then I gave him my ipod and put the headphones in his ears. I showed him how to use the controls and he insisted on having the volume all the way up and kept yelling "maximum maximum!" while grooving to the beats. The songs he loved were:
Call 911 (Fred Falke Remix): Florrie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mtv7cvOr70E
Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix): Yeah Yeah Yeahs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEDtccZHRFE&feature=related
If You See Kay: The Script http://www.playlist.com/searchbeta/tracks#if%20you%20see%20kay/all/1
On Melancholy Hill: Gorillaz http://www.playlist.com/searchbeta/tracks#on%20melancholy%20hill/all/1
She Wolf: Shakira http://www.playlist.com/searchbeta/tracks#she%20wolf/all/1
Business: Eminem (wouldnt let me change it!) http://www.playlist.com/searchbeta/tracks#business%20eminem/all/1
I have an english-romanian dictionary in my backpack that i find myself using often in the hospital. Anyways.. I have a picture of Brad and I in there. Danut insisted on seeing the photo. He asked "prieten" meaning boyfriend. I said yes and he loved it! The mom of the other boy came over and asked to see it. She took it over to her bed and showed her son. Megan pulled out a photo book that she had and they all loved it. It is interesting how fascinated they are by pictures. I am hoping to get more pictures tomorrow so that I can show you all. The day ended with a wonderful trip to Kaufland. It is a big grocery store here and we had to take a taxi. I got a ton of groceries for only 40 USD! Im loving this exchange rate. Last week in total I only spent 20 USD.. so nice. I got chocolate chip ice cream and pomegranates so it was an almost as good as christmas. Anyhoo sorry this is longer than I expected but tune in tomorrow for some more! lates.
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