I am getting things done in a timely manner. I finished tomorrow's lunch for the co-workers. Chicken tortilla soup w/lime, cilantro & avocado for garnish. I had to make key lime pie again, it's an office favorite. I've got most of me & ATM's supper ready for this evening, too. In a bit, I'm going to drag out my dresses & my tights to see what I'm going to wear to the Inaugural Ball tomorrow night. THEN, I need to write a thank you note to Bootsie for picking up a really rad Dias de los Muertos art piece in Mexico for me. THEN, I need to put Xmas photos on a disc for ATM's mum. THEN, I need to get take a break, don't you think? THEN, I need finish putting our supper together. THEN, I need to get ready to go to kickboxing. When I'm done with class, I'm hoping that I've gotten everything I need to do done, so I can just chill out for the rest of the evening.
19 January 2009
MLK, Jr. Day/Day of Service
Woke up, made a pot of coffee & watched CNN Inaugural event coverage. Today, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, is not only a day off work, it's a Day of Service. We had plans to join some group to do landscaping work at the Harmony (Free) Clinic, but the organizer never called me back with details & info. So, me & ATM grabbed a coupla trash bags and walked all over Argenta picking up garbage. Next year, we will make a more organized effort to volunteer/participate. We definitely want volunteering a more natural thing for us, to work it into our lifestyle, like recycling. I like direct action work, though. I don't like benefits to benefit benefits. Too many middlemen & lots of time/$$ gets wasted in the process. I may need to do some research before getting into it. Will probably call Wes B. to inquire how Food Not Bombs LR is doing these days.
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I've gotten myself in the habit of taking along an extra trash bag when I walk Lucy. I hate seeing trash along our nature trails.
I felt a little guilty for not doing anything MLK or service related today...but because of my work I do community service a lot and what I really needed more than anything was a whole day off, I ate lunch with girlfriends and spent a lazy afternoon in the Dickson St. used bookshop, now making black bean chowder. I feel much happier and more relaxed than if I'd tried to go to the MLK march, hear the speakers, volunteer, etc etc.
Alannah, your job IS a huge public service! This using MLK day to be a day of service will be part of a lifelong project for me to become a better person with each passing day. That is so rad that you take a trash bag w/ you on walks. That's pretty genius, really. That's a new habit I can totally pick up! (Pun intended!)
It's funny that all we notice is the trash because a comment I hear over and over from our students is that Arkansas is "so clean."
your puns are getting better (i.e. worse)! ha!
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