July 27, 2009

  • I worked at the soup kitchen today.  I feel like the smell is still on me somehow, though I took both a bath and a shower.  The work there is always plenty and very rewarding.  I usually get complements there too , which is usually pretty awkward for me.  I have a slight blister on my finger (I hold my knives the way I hold tennis rackets--with my index finger kind of extended for better control, hence the index finger blister) from cutting so many celery stalks and carrots.  I was far more efficient at cutting than the young men adjacent to me  but they learned from me (and I learned from my parents who used to laugh at my inefficiency).  A cycle of learning.  Yay.

    Today we ran completely out of food at a record time.  Usually I don't leave the soup kitchen until 1:30; I was home before 1:30 today.  There wasn't even soup left over, and usually there is a little that is stored in a plastic bin.  Compared to all of the other times I have helped, the amount of food wasn't any less.  O_O  I hope to go back tomorrow and maybe Wednesday; but Mom wants to go shopping on Wednesday, out of town.  So maybe not.  We'll see.  (Very contradicting activities?)

    My hips are sore from standing so long.  Also from all the standing around from grocery (etc.) shopping.

    I am exhausted; it is only 10; I even had a nap today.  Fail!  In my defense I was up at 7:30...which isn't actually early.  So, yes, fail!  Maybe I'll go to sleep, but I need to exercise to get in shape for Peru & hiking!  o_o

Comments (6)

  • You work in a soup kitchen ? I like the smell of the soup principally when there are leeks in it . The celery has also a good fragrance .
    Take care tou your index finger and your hip ( and your back ) .It is tiring to prepare veggies .
    In friendship
    Michel

  • I used to work at an vegan anarchist soup kitchen. All we had was whatever food we could pick out of dumpsters from the nearby grocery store, so we were always making 'assorted vegitable and rice soup gumbo something'. But it's a lot of fun.

  • @The_Mopo_976 - 

    Whoa! That sounds really cool! It must be hard to screen out all the foods with animal byproducts, etc.! O_O! Soup kitchen is always fun, and always messy too (part of the fun ;) ).

  • Thanks for the comments! I haven't read the Little Prince for a long time so I don't remember the pictures at the beginning very well. I am sure they are better than my shoes........I already knew you liked the little prince the first time I came to your blog, but I'm not quite sure what gave me that impression ;)

  • And good luck if you do play monopoly again

  • lol did you read http://xkcd.org today? Very appropriate I just read it and it really made me laugh

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