today was an okay day, as far as the kids at work go. they listened pretty well, overall. i used music, of course, to bribe them. but the best part was that to get their attention, i plugged my ipod into some speakers and blasted the music of the French horn and man, they shut right up.

people laughed at me when i told them i was going to play classical music for my inner city kids, saying they’d never listen.

well guess what?

they listened. they were almost immediately quiet, something that pretty much never happens.

i was so excited i almost emailed aforementioned crush, to tell him i played his music and they listened!

but i resisted the urge to make a complete fool of myself. maybe someday he’ll actually talk to me, and then i can tell him. a girl can dream

of course, the kids were all guessing it was a trumpet or a trombone and when i said it was the French horn, they looked very confused, which made me chuckle.

there’s work still to do.

seriously though,