busy, oh so busy.

we have spent the last 2 days completely cleaning out the building i work in. we shut down our program for two weeks in the summer to make up for the holidays that we work during the year, but before we close completely, we clean the entire building from top to bottom, and i must say, i am exhausted. what makes this process more difficult is the rest of the busyness that is my life. i have been trying to pack and move all my belongings out of my current habitation and then clean it, so it's not a complete disaster for the new volunteers moving in, in about a week. then having to come to terms and cope with the staffing changes we are experiencing has been difficult. three of the people i work with will not be returning in the fall, 2 of them being the other volunteers that started with me, and i must say, they have been brilliant and i will dearly miss them both. so needless to say i've been very busy and preoccupied with a lot the past week, but the silver lining is i will be home in california in less than 2 days, spending time with so many wonderful folks that i have missed terribly. can't wait to see your faces!

home!

so i found a place to live today. the house is only 3 blocks from where i live which is great because...1-i love my neighborhood, 2-i can still walk to work, the gym, library, etc., 3-i will still be near the catholic worker house and 4-i already know my way around. i will be living with an artist (he blows glass) and a guy recently returned from being and illegal resident in new zealand. yes this is my life.

goldfish, go fish

what did i do at work today? hmmm, i got to play with the cutest baby alive and then played go fish with a 7 year old who insisted that the game is called goldfish. not only did little mike and i play, we played with big mike and patrick, two guys in their 30's. patrick had never played before. in the end little mike won the game, with 9 pairs. mostly because he cheated through the whole game by hiding cards up his sleeves. it's hard to remember the days that are so stressful when all i do on the other days is play. days like today are the reason i love my job.