The past few days have been crazy!!! Thursday and Friday I was at the day center helping paint. They are painting the whole inside and outside. After two days of work, it already looks better. Thursday I was told that Iosif, a friend of Andy's, needed someone to come and sit with his son who is in the hospital so that his wife could come home and shower and sleep. So Friday night I stayed with Beni for 3 hours. It was a bit difficult trying to figure out how to get him to stop crying and dealing with nurses and such when I can' t communicate. But knowing that I was helping out a family made it well worth it. I helped out again on Saturday for about 5 hours. It was much better. Time flew by! The girl next to Beni's bed was testing my Romanian. It was an experience.

I have spent the day relaxing and gaining strength for the upcoming week. I have lots of things to do but am excited for Thursday, my birthday!!! Not sure yet what we are going to do but I am looking forward to spending time with friends.