TGIF!!!!

it was a LONG afternoon at work. the kids were really tired (we had a lot sleep at rest time too which is unusual). it was really hot (the evapourative air conditioner at work doesn't work very well on humid days). our third person wasn't coming in again this afternoon (just like last week) so i was just me and 1 co-worker for the afternoon. there was sooo much cleaning up to do to (the director and another staff helped a bit before they left but there was still tons of stuff to do). it finally got to the end of the day and there was 1 child left. the phone rang (we always dread those calls a few minutes before 6 cuz its usually the parent saying they're gonna be late). the last child's mum was calling to say she was still 15 min away (arrrrghhh!). to make it worse this child talks very fast not stop. i tried to get a conversation going while we were waiting but he doesn't really answer questions, he just picks one word from the question and rambles on about anything he knows that relates to that word (i.e. i asked him what the name of the street his house was on and he went on about what his house looked like and the park near his house. i tried asking him a couple more times in different ways but still nothing that related to the question, not even an "i don't know"). we ended up taking shifts sitting with him because at that point in the day it was too much to just listen to him ramble in his fast talk. but its friday!! and the cool change has come (and even some rain!)!! i don't have to deal with work again for 3 days (and then i'll be refreshed and think his rambling is funny again and have the energy to try to help him have a proper conversation).