Today was a full day, although it went really fast. I woke up early again and because today was a special chicken kill, I went to the coop to see how that work was doing. They were just taking the last group of chickens to the butcher shop. I rode the truck to the butcher shop and helped to unload them. They had killed over 2,000 chickens today. I had helped in the butcher shop before, so i knew what to do on Chicken Kill days. After handing crate after crate of chickens to be killed, I went inside and helped some of the boys (Jevon Smith specifically) to clean the gizzards. That entailed cutting them, turning them inside out, and pulling the lining out of it. I could see what the last meal for each chicken was. Every once in a while, i would find a piece of plastic, a marble, or a coin in the gizzard. I did that for about an hour, then went back to my house to change clothes, because i was really messy. I then went on the playfield for a little while and hung out with the boys. I saw that Santa (Pat Kelly) had made it finally, so i went to see him. Sr. Susan took him to the asphalt plant up the road because he wanted to patch the holes in the main road, but they were out of asphalt. I went with them on this trip just to get out and about. Today was kind of a turning point with the boys on the playfield. It was starting to get to the point where they are so used to me being here that they are nagging at me for stupid things. I am not trying to say that i don't like spending time with them, but at a certain point, they just start to get annoying, and today was that point. I guess i just needed some more "Me" time, so i took that as well. At about 2:30, i went to help Sr. Mimi to sort out the boys' christmas packages. She has kept track of the boy who have passed 5,4,3,2,1 and zero times. We divied out the toys accordingly. I am sure the boys will have a good Christmas regardless of whether they were good or bad. That took until about 5:30-6:00, so by then it was time for dinner. Since Pat and his girlfriend are here, we ate at the convent with the sisters and stayed there until right before i wrote this note. I didnt get to spend as much time with the boys today, but i was at least doing work for them, and that's what matters. I will go to church tomorrow, and hopefully after that i will get to spend some time with them and maybe it wont be as bad as today. Lots of love to you all and I will write again tomorrow.