work/not so fabulous surprise

Laura and I had interviews on Monday to work at this big convention they're having in Boston Wednesday-Saturday. We went to the interview, and after 2 minutes of talking to the lady, she told the other woman working there that we were better than the other people on their list who were "kind of B-teamers". That was pretty funny.

So we got the job and went to our staff meeting on Tuesday night where they told us what we'd be doing, etc. Laura and I are with the 3-6 year olds, who are labled "Rompers". On Wednesday though, I am filling in for someone with the "Excusion" group who are 12-17 and go on field trips in Boston. I'm going with them on a Whale Watch out of the Boston Aquarium.

We are going to be working 8am to 10 pm or 8am to 5pm every day, with 30-40 3-6 year olds. Whoa. I think it will be pretty fun though, as long as there are not a lot of trouble makers. Aparently we have to watch out for the "Dalt Boys" though, who are brothers and are a little hard to handle.

After our staff meeting we met Uncle Rob who took us out for sushi and ice cream (yum). Then we went to the airport to pick up my mom and Joy who were in San Fransisco. While they were away we painted their room (which has been unpainted since we moved in three years ago). We couldn't decide on a color so we went out on a limb and chose a spring-y green color, whcih turned out to be a little brighter than we thought, so we were kind of nervous, but decided once we got the furniture in that it looked good.

So when they got home, they sat downstairs FOREVER and ate and talked, etc. Uncle Rob brought their bags up, so they didn't go upstairs for a very long time. Laura and I had been waiting for the moment they walked into their room all week, so we were pretty impatient. Finally Joy went upstairs to get something and came back down and kind of mouthed "whoa", which wasn't the reaction I was hoping for : ) Then my mom, about 20 minutes later, went upstairs and Laura and I kind of followed behind nonchalantly. She walked into the room, put her stuff down, and about 10 seconds later looked up and kind of screamed, "oh!" It was pretty funny. So neither of them seem to really like the color, which is kind of sad for Laura and I, but maybe it will grow on them.