April 1 day 19

Mr James was able to take last night off so i was in charge of getting everything organized for the activities today, making sure everyone had a vehicle to ride in and we knew where everyone was headed. i think it put a few gray hairs on my head :) there were a lot of people that decided to change their plans since last night.
there were about a dozen students that decided to spend the day on campus so i stayed back with them. it was a very relaxing day. not much happened in morning. everyone came to the cafe for lunch and we all listened to a couple of episodes of Adventures in Odyssey. then we went outside and started playing basket ball. one of the guys slipped on the pavement and got really scraped up. big gash on his right hand, bad scrape on his left elbow, and a small scrape on his left ankle. i spent over an hour trying to get everything cleaned out. i even had to use a tooth brush to clean out his elbow. poor kid was in a lot of pain. but he was tough and we got it all bandaged up.
mid afternoon some of the groups stated coming back. they played soccer for about an hour.
no one got hurt today on the beach. praise the Lord for that.
i did a fair bit of reading again today. another 125 pages in the last two days. right now i am reading about Alaska. very interesting.
during breakfast there are some ducks and chickens that show up looking for hand outs. a pair of mallards show up first. they are very bossy towards the other fowl. there are two other ducks that also came by and they are not as skiddish and the mallards. but the mallards pick at them and scare them off. but they don't have very good eyesight. they miss a lot we toss to them. but the chickens get everything. i like to feed them grape fruit. one of the ducks picked it up, chewed it very rapidly about 50 times. swallowed hard, then shook his head vigorously. it was great fun to watch :) i also like throwing food in between two birds and seeing who gets it first. great way to start the day.
all the students really enjoyed having a day off. it has been a very busy two and a half weeks and it is nice to have a time of rest. only a couple of more days then its back to the cold north. have to get as much sun as i can before i have to go back to the "cold."