Cat on the bus?!?!

I went to my internship today since we don't have precept on Thursday mornings anymore. I got on the bus and a couple of stops later a woman got on the bus with a cat in a pet carrier! I didn't know that you could bring animals on the bus, but what would you do if you had to take your pet to the vet and didn't have a car?? Take it on the bus, I guess. I got on the red line this morning. I found a post office box to drop off my Netflix movie on my way to my internship. I was very excited about that. I worked on a few different projects this morning, one being my ISP. I collected all the tutor surveys and e-mailed the people interested in the planning committee about having the first meeting soon. I am really excited to get this committee going! This is what I do best...plan. We had a staff meeting today. We began the meeting with meditation...nothing at all like any other meeting I've ever been to. We then had introductions for the new staff members (including myself). After the usual business, we celebrated two birthdays in a very unique way. Every staff member had to say a wish they had for the person with the birthday. After everyone had gone, the person with the birthday had to say a with for himself. After this meeting, I finally really feel like part of the staff at Family Matters.

I took the red line back to the office for seminar at 4:30. There was a man on the train who kept talking about how "if we vote for Obama, he will just turn his back on us (African Americans)." He kept talking and talking and talking and really made my head hurt. I was thankful when he finally got off the train. I stopped at Starbucks on my way to class...I rarely do this, so I consider it a treat to myself for almost completing a very difficult week. We had our identity project presentations. We presented briefly on our identity and our budgets and then had time for questions and feedback. I did fairly well. I only forgot a couple of things...which I probably would have never thought about. For example, I didn't realize that the school that "my children" are attending is pretty rough. Dorothy suggested that my 15 year old should definetely have a cell phone. I also didn't budget enough money for field trip expenses. I have the opportunity to revise my project before I hand it in. I am really glad that I took this project seriously. There was only one person in my class who did not take the project seriously. She actually said in her presentation that the project was "stupid." I hope her grade reflects her lack of effort and respect.

I came home tonight and had pizza with Amanda. I then wrote my field notes, which were really easy since I took notes during the staff meeting today. I am going out to dinner with Perfecto and his girlfriend tomorrow night. I am really excited about that. One more happy thing today (besides the beautiful weather)...I received a card in the mail from Sam's mom! That really brightened up my day.