beautiful day

i went to the san jose city team on saturday as part of a beautiful day weekend. we basically talked and prayed for the people that were either there for the free clinic, part of city team's live-in program, or living in their shelter. we struck up a conversation with one guy who was forced to live in the shelter by his parole officer (or so he tells us). he basically told me:

1) i'm a fool
2) my boss is his parole officer's brother (you'll have to ask me for the context of that)

hahahaha. i don't know why, but i thought it was hilarious that i was told by a guy on parole that i'm a fool. he also gave olivia marital advice and told ted that he needed to meditate that night before he went to bed.

anyway, it's been a long time since i've done something like this, especially regularly - probably not since college, when i volunteered at harbor house and city team in oakland. i remember looking up opportunities when i first moved home, but couldn't find anything consistent that fit with my working hours. with my "break" coming up (though not soon enough) i'm really going to try to find something to get involved in the community again. i can't believe i wrote that post almost 5 years ago, and still have not found something. one of the fears of moving back home (or south bay in general) after college was that i would become too comfortable & complacent, and i've definitely been guilty of that. time to get off my butt!

oh. and cal sucks. i had already pretty much given hope on the season, but losing to washington... unbelievable. i don't know if we'll win the big game this year!

hard to believe november is almost over - it passed so quickly. thanksgiving, then christmas, and then QUITTING! i wish it would come faster, but hopefully december will fly by. praise the Lord for a short week this week! and i'm one of those anti-black friday people. everything i absolutely dislike about shopping, rolled up into one and amplified. i hate crowds. i hate looking for parking. i hate traffic. i hate shopping. i do have handicap parking still, so the one thing i may do is go to target in the afternoon like last year, when i ventured out only to buy cough drops because i was deathly ill. it wasn't that bad since most of the crazy people are done with their shopping before i even wake up.

and i ate out for every meal this weekend, starting with friday dinner. i feel gross. blech.