birthday

Yesterday was my birthday - and it was a good one. I started off with a productive day at the shelter, I got a lot of good stuff done. I got off work at 5, then met the rest of the people I lived with at 7. It was community night the night's objective was service, so we decided to make and serve dinner at another shelter in the city. The shelter was called Sylvia's Place. It was much smaller than ours and the facilities were not as good, or very clean. The residents there basically come in at night and find a place on the floor to sleep. They keep their belongings in plastic bins, but they could upgrade to a shelf if they lived there long enough. They were very happy to have a nice meal - we had prepared lasagna, salad, some type of apple dessert, and cookies. They were also very appreciative. It was a good time.
When we got home, my housemates had prepared a cake and brownies and icecream for us to enjoy - and we did. Then we proceeded to play a pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey game except it involved paper ducks substituting for the tail and a painting of saint francis substituting for the donkey. It was fun.
Today will be a long day. I'm on my lunch break now, and I get off work at five. At that time I will be going with one of my housemates to "rumble on the river", an amateur boxing event in southeast Manhattan. Then we will hang out in the city until 11, when we are meeting some of our other housemates to get in line with our tickets for good seats to the 12:01 showing of Batman. I'm pumped. Peace!