Yesterday I blogged quickly before I left for volunteering at the food shelf. When I got to Rosedale to meet my ride (Michelle and her friend Justin, whom I had only met once prior to this), we took off and arrived at the church around 12:30. Justin had an appointment to run to, so he helped out a bit and it was just Michelle and I there helping the others. We jumped in right away and it was an amazing experience! We helped unload palettes of food that people had donated to the ministry through the post (they mail out grocery bags that the postmen pick up and deliver to the shelter). We had to sort out what needed to go inside (pasta, rice, beans, cereal) and what could stay outside in the storage space (cans). Then we had to check all the dates on the things that went inside to make sure they hadn't expired. Finally, we had to organize the items on the actual food shelves themselves and make up 40 grocery bags of food. These grocery bags were handed out later that night to families who attended the free meal that the ministry holds every night. It was hard work, but extremely fulfilling. I'm hoping I can go back next Monday and either help finish unloading/sorting the palettes (there were six left to do!) or help serve the dinner. I was so grateful for this opportunity and I truly feel that I made a difference, however slight it may have been, yesterday.
After working at the food shelf, Michelle and I hitched a ride to Sears to renew my license (I lost it at Target Field quite some time ago). However, as our ride was driving away, we realized that Sears was closed due to power failure and we had just missed the bus. I called Derrick and since he is such a sweetheart, he gave us a ride to Rosedale. I figured he deserved a mention!
Today was a pretty normal day, except I got to eat lunch with a nice boy and then later on he asked me out on a date. Ha. I will not say who, but I'm happy about it. Otherwise, I just worked. Tomorrow I have a late shift, so I get to sleep in! Hooray! ALSO, I got to talk to Ashly, who is still in Korea! AND I had a really good conversation with my aunt, whom I love dearly. She had asked if I could babysit on Saturday, but, sadly, I am working a stupid shift that is from 6:00-9:30. How silly.
LOST ended on Sunday, but I watched the finale yesterday. I won't say anything about it other than I thought it was a beautiful end to a long journey. "Live together, die alone."
That's about all I have to say tonight! Nothing too exciting, but my life, nonetheless. :)
Rawr.
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