July 30th, 2009

*We began the day by harvesting, which is every Monday and Thursday. This time there were so many tomatoes, we harvested just about over 200lbs of them. *The Americorps team went and worked at the Thrift Store and met Linda and Mandy, the exquisite Thrift Store overlords. All thrift stores seem to have that same stale smell that my grandma's unopened cabinets have, odd. Anyways, for the most part the Thrift Store is entirely operated by volunteers and donations. I was sent to work with a lovely fragile lady named Glenda behind the cash register for some hours. There wasn't much to do as Glenda repeatedly told me that it was slow day, so I checked out a few things for our house, which Cross-Lines so generously set up for us, which the ladies at the Thrift compassionately gave me, they really take care of us over here. *I met Evelyn who runs the Food Pantry. Work was not discussed rathed she told me of some of her wild old days traveling through the desert, crazy life, etc. *After lunch we came and had a meeting with our supervisors to give us a better run down of what is expected of us and the things that are available for us. I feel very fortunate to have these women as my bosses because, at least now, it seems as though they wish for most of our work to be self guided and not held to strict requirements. This inspires me to work hard for them.