Attention College Guys!

Ok so I'll explain. Last nite Bridget and I took our middle schoolers on a field trip to Saint Mary's College for Trick-or-Treating and a Halloween Party. It was hilarious. The entire trip totally reminded me of the change middle school girls go through. No longer do boys have coodies, especially not college guys. So many of the girls who I was with were really shy when trick-or-treating through the guys dorms. But not Diaja. No fear. Every guy she met, she greeted very enthusiastically, "Hi College Guy(s)!" or "What up College Guy(s)!" Everyone was laughing, including me and the guides. But the funniest part was when her friend reminded her that she had no chance with these guys because "they are like 8 years older than you." Diaja was like, "So, I can still say hi!" Oh girls.

Also, it was really amazing to see that some of the kids had never left Oakland before. We picked up some kids from the Elizabeth House, a battered women's shelter, and one of the middle schoolers who came, had never been outside of Oakland. On the bus ride up there, she was looking at the hills asking one of the volunteers how they built those houses on the hill. Then she was like, "How do they get their food up there?!" The idea of a winding road up the hill was completely foreign. Just amazing. Well take care! Hope everyone has a Happy Happy Halloween!

Kelly