Day One

Day One.

Meeting our visitors the first day was a very exciting and sweet experience.

I was pleasantly surprised at how quickly they warmed up to a room full of strangers and were willing to participate in interactive games, holding nothing back. This is something I myself would have had a terrible time with when I was 15 and younger (even now I have to mentally prep myself).

Judy was incredibly funny from the moment she joined us. It was during the role playing game that she came in and sat down. She immediately got excited by all the people and the game that was being played (acted out) in the center of our circle, however her attention span was extremely short and she quickly became distracted asking those of us sitting around her if we would like to play a game with her, “I will be the magical princess, you can be my maid, and you can be the evil guy” (or something along those lines, I only clearly remember that she was going to be the magical princess).  I was wearing flip-flops and since ran out of chairs I was sitting up on the desk. When nobody was “willing” was to play the magical princess game in the center of the circle with Judy (since there was already an activity happening there) she dropped that idea and began trying to tickle my feet instead….clearly everything and anything capable of becoming a distraction for her. Luckily it was then that new volunteers were asked to come to the center of our circle for the next game and Judy jumped at the chance, such an entertaining and endearing personality!

Down at the Dorsky museum all of our visitors, as far as I personal observed, were very good about not touching the artwork and seemed to be very excited to be there. They were quick to answer questions about what their favorite works were, sometimes what their least favorite were and overall interested and engaged….a few were slightly distracted.

Very enjoyable day.