Busy Bee in Current Events

My weekend is pretty booked up. Ange is picking me up in a few hours and we are hitting up all of the thrift stores as we can. We are also going to the big farmers market. I was able to tell that my roommate wanted to come so I invited her. I can tell that she has been depressed ever since she came back from BC. This woman doesn’t take a day to herself, ever. She finally took a week. She didn’t even want to do it but I think the space did her some good. She decided that she doesn’t need to be boxing 7 days a week. She feels some type of way about not being on the fight team. Her weight class is impossible. She also decided that she doesn’t love her job. She is the only woman in her department so they don’t invite her on any of their office outings. She might even feel some type of way about me and this apartment and our living arrangement but I dunno, yet. She has a lot to think about but I can tell that she really does want to move to BC.

On Sunday I have brunch with the girls. Carly invited her man and Lenstar is triggered by that. She was texting me about it privately. Brunch is supposed to be time and space away from the boys. Carly is a Libra. Libra is not a Libra without a partner (which is tragic IMO). I’m happy for Carly because got a good one, finally… and I like to look at him though lol. Bev and I are going to link up to continue watching our show on Sunday also. Then we start our Halloween lineup sometime soon.

On Monday, I am aiming to connect with somebody that I know on FB. I am aiming to get him out of his cluster B era. We shall see how that goes. Why? I don’t know. It’s hard to witness this man waste his potential. He is the saddest little Capricorn I ever did see. I hate seeing it. I can tell that he is en route to having a breakthrough. A spiritual awakening, to borrow a term so I’m going to blow his mind. If he cleans his diet up and gets fit, I’ll blow more. Ba dum tsss.

I haven’t really made time for myself this week. To connect with my goals. I am giving myself some grace. I started a new job. My nerves have been shot. Monday is my day to connect with myself. I have a long weekend because my program starts our Tuesday - Saturday. Saturdays are when we do group activities with our participants. Once my abuse registry comes in, I will be doing one-on-ones with them. There are just six youths right now. We have four en route and then we are building it to twenty. Around that time, Andy might hire a fourth mentor. I got to see their files yesterday. They all have problems with violence. One committed arson, though we don’t think he actually did but it is not for us to say. He has issues with speech and we think that other kids took advantage of that because he is unable to advocate for himself. One brought a weapon to school and claimed to be in a gang. The one we are really concerned about is the kid who gropes women. Hopefully we can show these kids another way. Also, they are all Cardinal signs. Did I actually look for their star signs? Yes. Yes I did. The one who allegedly committed arson is not a Cardinal, he is a Taurus. He is my coordinator’s favorite. Cardinals are supposed to be going through some big shifts right now and so it is wild to see it represented in our caseload. Our program is starting up again. These kids are all new to the program. In theory, they will be with us for a while. We are trying to empower them.

Andy, my coordinator, took Diego and me to a little function at one of our other locations to introduce us to everybody else. It was a little farewell party for someone. This organization is 98% all women. My program is strictly all men. There are three other men between the rest of the programs. Sitting in that room with all those women… it is clear that this is a matriarchy. I’ll cope.

Yesterday did not feel productive. Andy did teach a few things. He took us to that farewell party. Then we went to Rona and bought a shelf, then built it. The rest of the day was just us dicking around. Andy and Diego played around on their guitars. That is the theme across the whole office. Just socialize whenever possible. Welcome to the office life my roommate told me. We will be overwhelmed soon enough. I’m eager to be on my own. I submitted my program advancement, which is a request for money, and that will be my budget for the week to spend on the youth. I just go to head office and pick up a cheque. I decided that I will use my Amazon credit card for all purchases and then use the check to pay it off. This way I get points that turn into gift cards. I am the only one on my team with a credit card, I don’t know why I find that wild.

Anyway, I signed up for a free trial or whatever for the gym down the street. I did it online and nobody got back to me yesterday. I want to make sure that it is worth the extra $40 biweekly before I commit to it. The gym I have right now is great but the drive feels so dreadful now. It is not dreadful, I just decided that I want my gym to be a lot closer. I really like that this one has a sauna.

Anyway, my coffee is done. I’m off to my gym now I guess. I put on an old ratty tank to wear around the apartment that I never wear and for some reason, when I wear it, I can see that my gym sessions are doing something. It is encouraging.