CALIFORNIA
wednesday, june 26, 2013
DAY 5
i was hoping that jenni would be "up" for this day!
it was a day i had long been waiting for!
i was signed up to work along side her at the food bank. :)
it was the hottest day i was in CA!
everyone was complaining around me.
and.... i hadn't even broken a sweat! :)
we carried tables out of storage and set them up.....
followed by lots of canned and boxed goods.
folks began lining up.
prayers were prayed thru a megaphone.
then
numbers were given out and called to come thru the line.
i was a bit worried about jenni.
she seemed to operate on 2 hr. shifts....
before she sank and needed sleep.
she was a trooper though!
after class, ryan surprised us by dropping in and taking our pictures. :)
i was in charge of handing out fresh strawberries.
jenni....corn-on-the-cob and artichokes (of which not many people wanted). :Q
she seems to come to life when serving! <3
my favorite part of the day:
one of the women, going thru the line, said she was sad because
the worker who usually sings over her
wasn't there that day.
she missed her song!
jenni said, "i'll give you a word!"
she broke out singing AMAZING GRACE!
(how i love my unashamedly, free girl...who has become so uninhibited!
set free......with nothing to lose!)
the woman walked away...singing along....
as well as a chorus of others all joining in!
you may have seen tears in my eyes. ;)
we left our shift at 1:00.
jenni was done!
she's given her all!
and needed rest!
around 3:00, we headed out to CVS for a new anxiety medication that the dr. had prescribed.
jenni had become extremely annoyed, irritable, and buggy.
(pretty impossible to live with)
of course, we'd come to know this is NOT our jenni....
but a result of some med changes.
once again.
UGH!!!!
although she is not allowed to drive,
she humored herself by pulling her car out of the garage. <3
after CVS, we drove to super king again.
i loved that store!
(and the cool cars parked in front of it!)
ryan grilled hot dogs around the pool for supper.
a treat they don't often get. ;)
another student joined us.
this little community of living is awesomely amazing!
i can't even begin to imagine how jenni feels on all these meds.
and....
the side effects of all these meds!
it's like an constant wheel to which there seems no end.
one thing!
i KNOW she felt MISERABLE!!!!!!
at night, she came to my bed and apologized for being so mean.
oh, my, dear jenni!
there was no need to apologize!
i knew it was something she could not help!
my heart hurt.....
beyond description!
there are no words!