Things have been getting busy at work. I have been building up my case load and have started the project of updating the resource book and that has been keeping me busy. We only have on receptionist who works Tuesdays and Fridays at the moment so on Monday and Wednesday I spent at the reception desk. Some interesting people came through, but since someone needed to stay at the desk I didn’t see those clients. I did on Tuesday, though. I had an accompaniment to court. Friday, I helped run the Tepeyac parish food pantry because Donna, the parish nurse who usually runs the food pantry, was at a conference. It was interesting—most of the people that come are families in the area who have hit hard times or people that are going through treatment at the local methadone clinic. So, it was a fun blend of people.
We have been having some LV alum loving this week. On Thursday, seven people that lived in our house last year came over and cooked dinner for us. Two of them are vegans, so they made Moroccan stew and couscous and a vegan cake (chocolate with peanut butter for frosting) for dessert. Delicious. I actually took the leftovers for lunch the next day, when Ray, are new case worker started and brought leftover Moroccan stew from his dinner. He had a lot (a non-vegan variety, it had chicken in it) and I had some—so I had two different versions of Moroccan stew for lunch on Friday! Also, on Saturday we went over to the apartment of three people who lived in our house three years ago, one who currently works with Carlos and another who currently works with Elissa. They made us lasagna, which was also delicious. They live in Logan Square (where a bunch of alums from last year live) and that was my first time in that neighborhood so it was cool to see it. It is a Puerto Rican neighborhood, traditionally (although now it is getting a little gentrified and yuppie) so I bet there is some good food there I would like to check out.
Also, Friday was Carlos’ birthday so we had a dinner (which included appetizers—tomato breads as Steph calls them) and played catchphrase after. But in the middle---we hit a piñata! I used petty cash after work to go to Dulcelandia- a piñata and imported Mexican candy shop (one stop shopping!) and found a bunch of animal piñatas within our price range. I picked the most obnoxious one—a purple elephant with polka dots that we decided was a heffalump. I went to Walgreens for the candy so it would be within our price range. They are already stocking Halloween mixes so that made it easier. We saved the head from the piñata at kept it on a stick. We think we will get piñatas for everyone and keep the heads until eventually we have a totem pole. We want to bring it to every community night event with the other houses.
On Monday, Jessie and I wanted to do something special for dinner. We wanted to have three people unable to speak, three people unable to use their hands and three people blindfolded but some people came back from work late and we gave that up. We did, however, have everyone wear matching outfits and took family photos after dinner. After that I led prayer night, which I made Yom Kippur themed so we wrote letters to people asking for forgiveness. But anyway, for dinner Jessie and I made fajitas. We had some leftover chicken from the enchilada lasagna the week before. We got 6 bell peppers and a couple of big onions and chopped them up and cooked them with a Kroger-brand fajita seasoning mix. We served them with some rice, beans, tortillas, tortilla chips and salsa. It was an easy dinner! Tomorrow, Elissa and I are making gnocchi. From scratch.
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