Homeless Coalition meeting yesterday. I like going to meetings where I can hear about what's going on and hobnob with people doing the same work. Yesterday John Scoggins talked about a big new grant, stimulus money, that a coalition of ACTION, Community Connection and the UGA Institute for Non-Profit organizations got. They will be giving smaller grants to 30 organizations in 5 or 6 counties. I applied to be the director, but they just hired someone else. No interview, no thanks for your application... We may be able to get some of the money for our Job TREC program. It is about helping people get and keep jobs. On the other hadn, some of our CDBG money will not be renewed, unless we can come up with a project to write it for. You can only get it for three years, under new rules, and we have had it longer than that, I think. That's about $11,000 that we'll lose, unless I come up with a bright idea. I am not sure I can ask for money to buy diapers...

New family arrived yesterday. Mom with four kids from somewhere out of state. Why would you just start driving without any reason to settle somewhere? She was staying near Atlanta in a shelter with lots of people in one room and is very relieved to be here. I think she is a worker, but it may be harder than she thinks. Lots of applications for the Executive Director position from all over: Nevada!

Came home.Vanessa had made pepper steak and dessert. I worked on cookies and put some rice in a pot. Captain went out to pick lettuce. He also brought in and hung out laundry.

The computer says it's 37 out; it's warm enough in here. As long as we keep having sunny days, it's very pleasant. last night it was about 74. I opened a window for a bit.

Arabic class: very challenging. Only 3 of us there. The teacher jumping up every now and then to check on the cooking, while assigning us words to write. I know more than I did.