Hi,

Yesterday we had two men stripping and refinishing the floors at the Shelter. It really needed doing and looks so much better. But we couldn't use the hallways and the fans were really noisy and it smelled bad and was pretty warm. I went out for about an hour and a half at lunchtime and bought some pink yarn to make a hat for Lidet (as well as having a cold drink and reading the Guernsey Potato Peel and Literary Society). In addition to my regular tasks, I began working on something for the audit: allocating every expense from 2008 to one of several categories: the Shelter, the JobTREC program, the Nancy Travis House, fundraising or General. Needless to say, I wasn't here in 2008--neither was Alison, but she will have to make the decisions, I guess. She was working at home on some year-end reports and I didn't see her. She has given notice and this next week is her last. The Board has not taken any action yet about filling her position. A couple of the staff members have asked me if I will apply and I have told them no; I prefer working part-time and not having the stress of being responsible 24/7. I am planning on working more hours until they resolve it and making a few changes to improve efficiency. The newsletter is at the printer and will be mailed Monday or Tuesday.

It is a little cooler here this morning and last night we had the windows open--under 70 anyway. Ray and I played one game of racquetball. Ramsey is starting to get more crowded again, as is Athens in general--students everywhere and articles in the paper about them.