Rachel has a Big Splash day! It was Big Splash day with the group of mentors and kiddos. Doug's in San Antonio watching DCI.
How do you spell hideous?
R-A-C-H-E-L-W-O-R-E-B-O-A-R-D-S-H-O-R-T-S
A-N-D-S-P-A-N-D-E-X-F-R-O-M-W-A-L-M-A-R-T!
My day started bright and early with me picking up my mentee's little brother at...umm...a mental health facility of sorts. What a sad place. All I'm saying is that if you're going to have a facility full of children with issues, can you please make the walls something other than cinderblock? It feels like a jail. Anyway, one of the nurses/staff/someone told the boy "I didn't know you had such a pretty mom." And I could only think two things:
-I feel SO unpretty right now with no makeup and these orange flowery Walmart boardshorts that I'm wearing,
-How can you possibly think I'm this boy's mother? I'm very white; he's very black. Even if I had a ½ white, ½ black child, I can only imagine it would end up being much lighter than what this little boy is. Oh wait. I don't have to imagine! I see this somewhat often and the results are a much lighter than this boy child.
But ahhhh...she all called me purty.
Then when we got to the park 20 minutes before opening time (after picking up my mentee), I was greeted by many people that are new to the program. This new guy named Dee (some short variation of a longer Indian--dots, NOT feathers--name) put my wristband on me really tight. I thought nothing of it. In we go and and off for a good time.
It was quite the uplifting experience, I must say. Of the people there, I'd say that about 3% of them actually belonged in a swimsuit. The more I walked around, the more I felt like a skinny person. It was great!
Reality hit when we left the park at 2:00. Despite having put on 30 SPF waterproof sunscreen three times while there, I got a sunburn. And the spot where the wristband was...it's 10 shades lighter than the rest of my arms. It looks stupid!
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In reflecting on the fact that the nurse person thought you were this boy's mother, I can only wonder how many times his REAL mother has been to visit him. Doesn't strike me as a lot if the staff thinks that YOU are his mother. Unless maybe this person was new.
And I am sure you looked adorable in your orange board shorts from WalMart. = ) Yes, I said it. And even more so for offering your time to do things with kids who are underprivileged. Kudos to you!
Orange flowers = Massively sexy! Rachel doesn't look goo din orange. While I might not have looked as awful as I thought I did, I certainly looked 10 times better than at least 75% of the people there.
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