I don't really know, but my city's park district always passes out trees in April to the public to make the city more beautiful. I think that's cool.
Thats really cool! I'd say any causes that feeds hungry people or helps them recover from addiction. And helping the homeless.
My seminary teacher would always tell us that if we ever needed to be humbled she would sign us up to help at the soup kitchen she volunteered at. It really is a humbling experience.
Yeah that does sounds like a humbling experienee. So what did you do today? Anything interesting?
I really like working in local programs. I think that they're able to help people with a more personal experience. Um, I took a trip to Chicago, that's pretty interesting.
Yeah ok that is so true! So my Dad in Law has a non profit called Heal the Hero and it works with local veterans and police officers and fire fighters to help them over come PTSD, anxiety, and depression. It's really cool! But just seeing the local impact he has made is really inspirational!
That's cool! I have a family of people in the military so I know what kind of things they go through. Also, I used to volunteer with firefighters and they're just about the nicest people you've ever met.
Yeah seriously! And it's so sad that that those people are the ones that sometimes go through the hardest trials.
so is your father in law part of the uniformed services? what inspired him to start the program/ ?
So he started a business Called Vitanya that focuses on Brain Performance. He saw that it helped people have better focus, mental clarity, control of addictive behaviors, etc. He thought that it would help people in the services and law enforcement because they often times are the most stressed (que story of police officer shooting someone) So he put together this program to help them go through the Brain Performance Program free of charge. You can check it out if you want. Vitanya.com and Healthehero.org
wow, that's amazing. Maybe one day I'll be as impactful to the people around as that. All I do is tutor people
Hey that is impactful! I'm in serious need of a tutor for Biochem right now. All you need to make a difference in the world is a vision and hard work and dedication.
I like to think that my English tutoring is helping people. To be honest though, I don't know how people understand my help because sometimes I hear myself speak and think that I sound confusing and not helpful. So Biochem huh, I haven't taken that yet, but what's giving you trouble? My sister is more of the chem person in my family.
Yeah. It is helping people! Has she taken biochem?
I don't know if she has or not. I know she's currently taking three chemistry classes this semester though. She basically lives in the chem building. We're kind of opposites in a sense that in areas that I'm not too strong in, she is super strong and where she might have some trouble, I am pretty good. So basically, together we're unstoppable
Yeah thats like me and my wife. We complement each others strengths. But yeah I need help with biochem. So is she a chem major?
yeah she is. It's kind of crazy how she became a chem major though. I guess she really liked her AP chemistry teacher in high school and decided that she wanted to be like her. Unfortunately, by the time I took AP Chem, that teacher wasn't teaching AP Chem anymore and I got a different teacher. It wasn't too bad except she took lead half way through the semester because she thought her brother was dying, and only left sub notes that said things like, "they know what they're doing" and "let them work" and to be honest she didn't leave us that much work to do so we didn't learn that much that semester and one of the kids in my class even got a one on the AP exam. It's safe to day that I was not enticed by that teacher to become a chem major. And to be honest, I don't regret it because I found something else that I love so much more.
one sec Sorry about that...I was playing peekaboo with my son and he got a little too excited and started spitting up...
hahaha happens. I don't have any kids but I like to play that with complete stranger's children and its basically the best thing when you see the reaction on the parent's face when they realize I'm the one making their kid laugh
That's funny! So many people come up to us when we go out and try to play with him and make him laugh. One time I was at the thrift store and a lady came over She was talking in spanish so fast and kept trying to grab his hands. He didn't know what to do! haha It's always an adventure with a baby!
That is so true. And people always make these weird assumptions without asking you if they're true too. One time I was nannying four kids for four days and I went shopping
did they think the kids were yours?
with the four year old girl I was taking care of, and people thought I was her mom, and I was definitely not old enough to have a four year old child. I also took the kids out for ice-cream after their soccer game, and the kids thought I was the best person on the planet. They didn't know that their mom paid me back afterwards though,
Yeah totally! I used to get that with my nieces and nephews when I would go out and i would be so weirded out until I realized some people have kids at like 15. It's a crazy world You sound like the coolest nanny! Do you still nanny?
I try. I still babysit and stuff when people ask me to, but it's not as often because YSA doesn't really have any children but when I go home for the summer to my parent's house then I babysit more. Even then, I think I get beat out most of the time by all the beehives though. The parents don't feel obligated to pay minimum wage with minors
Yeah that makes sense. I am surprised at how little some parents pay. My wife is on a mom's facebook page and they always ask if $4 is too little to pay for babysitting. Per hour of course. But still. I am shocked! My sister used to do the bigger jobs when she first got married and that paid pretty good. Like overnight with multiple kids and usually a baby.
yeah. It's crazy. there's a lady in my parent's ward that has triplet beehives and they kind of have this business thing going on. I think it's kind of weird. But it's like 3.50 per hour and an additional dollar per hour per extra child. So it's not too bad, but you have to bring your kids to their house and you can't stay out past 9:30 because the babysitters have to go to bed.
That's actually pretty smart! I wonder if they get a lot of business because that is seriously cheap! But I guess it is kind of a win win for everyone because the parents get cheap babysitting and the girls chose to get paid that amount.
yeah, but if you wanted your kids to be in bed by the time you got home, it would not ever happen
That is true. I don't know if I would want a babysitter doing our bedtime routine though. I guess with older kids it wouldn't be that great.
I think it's especially weird for me because I met them when they were six, and I don't really see them that often so to me they should still be six even though they're actually 13 now. And in my mind I'm thinking, "six year olds can't babysit" and then I have to remind myself that they're not six anymore
Okay that is so funny because I feel that same way about my siblings. To me they will always be the age that they were when I left home for college. Isn't it funny how that
I guess the bedtime stuff really depends on how well you know the babysitter
happens! Sometimes I think of myself as a certain age too! Time moves so fast!