"Aren't Hufflepuffs just the happy dumb ones?"

aww, what a delightful way to begin an entry. Those are the words of Jessica, who knows little about Harry Potter, from a few days ago at Country Diner. Andrew is astonished that he would be a Hufflepuff, but everyone agrees. As a sidenote, no where in the books does it say that hufflepuffs are "happy and dumb," they are good friends. Friendship is their main trait. Just because they don't get to be cunning, chivalrous, pure-blood, brave, evil, or studious...that doesn't mean they're dumb :)

Speaking of Country Diner, I need to find someone who is good at claw machine. There are pokemon toys in it, and I need to win one before Andrew or Kat does to make them jealous.

My life lately has been super busy, and it shows no signs of stopping soon. I have 2 jobs, lots of homework, circle k, and now we'll add in field experiences for classes and getting around to writing that honors project proposal. My to do list is massive.

On a happy note, I met a boy I like. Here's hoping I won't scare him away.

On a more serious note, the Into the Light Walk was this past sunday. The walk is for suicide prevention and is run by a group called Suicide Prevention Education Alliance. It's a pretty cool organization because it's one of the few that I know of that focuses on curing/treating mental illnesses. It also focuses heavily on educating high school students, which I think is great. So many high school students have problems with depression and they never get help because they think it's normal, no listens to them, or the people who do listen say that they are just being dramatic. With all that said, I'm a big fan of the organization, and the walk they put on every year.

I have to say, though, it let me down on Sunday, and I'll tell you why. Circle K was being flashlight holders at the walk like we usually do (there are few lights in the zoo since it would confuse the animals, so we are there to direct walkers since the walk happens in the dark). My one friend, who has been effected by suicide more than anyone should have to be, decided to actually raise money and participate in the walk. The whole club was a huge support, and I'm really proud she did the walk. Anyway, as a flashlight holder, we had to go to our stations before the actual walk began. Before the walkers started off, I got a text from my friend saying she'd like someone to walk with. Of course, I was more than willing. I left my buddy at the flashlight spot, and ran back to the pavillion.

When I got there, my friend was sitting on a bench alone, looking obviously upset. Around her were all these people setting up for the end of the walk (where they put candles in bags with people's names on them) and others were cleaning up the food and things from the opening session. When I found my friend, she mentioned that the only person who had asked her if she was ok was a zoo employee. I'm still a little bothered by this. There were a lot of volunteers around, people who are trained to hear stories and help people dealing with bad situations, but they didn't seem to notice when someone was upset. Maybe they figured it was ok to be upset at an event like this? I don't know. I'm just really happy the zoo employee stopped to help. There are good people out there :)


Well, that's it for now. This was a small break between studying and class. After class there is more homework, Circle K, then more homework, sleep, then do it all again. Friday isn't coming fast enough this week...