our dishwasher

today i had the great joy of attending a graduation from drug and alcohol treatment. the person attending has become a great friend of mine. he has only been hanging around nativity house for the past few months. starting his first day he has volunteered in the kitchen washing dishes. and what a great help he has been. we had been so spoiled by not having to wash dishes that we were in quite the shock when he left for treatment a month ago. he is also quite the flirt, showering the female staff with accolades dripping with sentiment (think int he style of: "your beautiy is as radient and 1000 blazing suns"). anyways today our friend graduated. it was such a pleasure to be there to share in his joy and support him on his journey, also so wonderful to see how he touched many of the other clients and the staff and this particular facility. he really is such a blessing wherever he is and i wish him only the best.

waiting for something interesting

so it's been awhile, but i've been waiting for something fun and exciting to happen for the update catch-up. but there really hasn't been much. i have been back in tacoma for about a month now and life is as ridiculous as always. i've started working another job (babysitting on my days off), so i haven't had a day off in three weeks, but at least i'm finally feeling not really poor. life at nativity house is much the same. after our two weeks of we had a rather large staff change, 6 new staff members to a team of 10. it's funny because i have become the most loved and most hated at the same time. the folk love me for staying and use me as a go-to while the new staff are still learning the ropes, but since i still say no to requests i deem silly, i draw more ill-will than before. i have been called a bitch more times than i care to count, and thus have been reminded that this job is not for the weak of heart. in my little spare time i can be found at my house trying to entertain myself as the house i live in is very sparse in the way of luxury items (such as television, internet, kitchen cabinets, etc), reading/stealing internet from my favorite coffee shop or attending a rousing session of bingo (yes i am a member of BJ's bingo hall).