Schools, schools and more schools

Yesterday Robert was at one high school in the area all day long working with kids there. When he was getting ready to go there the phone rang and we were called to deal with a situation for another teenager not choosing the best decisions. Even though the kids in the conflict were guys I went. Usually Robert goes but he was out and I was there. The first kids took a couple of hours then as I was leaving the principals office (I have logged 100's more hours in the Principal's office as an adult then I ever did as a kid --am I doing something wrong?) Anyway I had reached for the door handle and innocently pulled it open to leeaavveee...... and there stood another one of our cases in trouble. I ushered him in and turned around. Two more hours passed and I finally left that school and headed to check on another neighbor school. I walked into the ELL room and the teacher said "Yay! I was going to call you and here you are." We spent 1/2 hour talking about why she had needed me and then she took me to visit one of my cases. I left there just as school was finishing and headed to one of the apartment complexes to check on one of the kids from earlier that day. As I pulled into the parking lot my phone rang and Robert's voice said "Where are you?" I told him and he said "I am almost there too." I laughed--guess great minds think alike. We met there and did our rounds. One of the kids who needs an extra dose of attention had had a difficult day at school. I had given him a ride home when I knew I was going to his apartments. He talked with Robert and I and conned us into taking him to McDonald's. We went to McDonald's and hung out for awhile talking and then took him back home. By this time it was dinner. We figured out a fast dinner last night and went off to youth group with the girls. While they were at youth group we went to the hospital to visit someone there and make certain all was OK and that she didn't need anything. We stayed with her for awhile and then picked up the girls and went home. By this time it was 10:00. Today Robert checked his e-mail. He received an e-mail update from a teacher about the young man we took to McDonald's yesterday. The e-mail let us know that this young man had been having more and more attitude problems that began on Monday. He said though that today the young man seemed to be doing better and was happier. It interests me what a chicken sandwich, pop, fries and conversation can do for a kid.