Ray and I played R-ball yesterday and I am a little sore this morning. He won both games, but I was ahead 6-1 at one point. I am playing better than I was, naturally. I only hit a few badly that I said I could have done better. Most of the ones I miss are too short or too long or too close to the sides...and we run hard.

I went to the interagency meeting at 8:30 yesterday and heard state legislator Brian Cowsert tell us how dire the economic situation in Georgia is. He knows we are all doing good work that will save money down the road, but they have to cut even more this year. He did give us his phone number and email address and told us to let him know how cuts will affect us. I talked to Sam at HED about ideas for CDBG grants for next year. Brandy and i are meeting with Erin from Our Daily Bread to see about having Job TREC work out of that location at 9 on Monday. And I am meeting with two other people next week about my grant ideas.

Resident M got offended because I told her she couldn't afford luxuries, like a TV and VCR--that's why they are called luxuries. She asked if I could have luxuries. I said yes and she said but I can't?

I was interviewed by 2 UGA students from Womens' Studies, as a woman leader...it was fun. They will be putting it on their blog with a picture.

As I was thinking about leaving, a young woman from Clarke Central showed up. she was wearing a purple and black outfit and had tasteful purple streaks in her hair. i wondered if she changed her hair to match what she was wearing every day--or were all her clothes purple? She was fairly assertive, appropriate for a journalist, and showed me the Odyssey. She told me she wanted to do a piece on homelessness because so many of the high school students were not aware and didn't appreciate what they have. Mr. Ragsdale sent her to interview the families and take pictures. She was pretty well stopped in her tracks when I told her no she couldn't. I said if she and her friends wanted to serve dinner, they could meet people that were staying here and then write something about their experience using fictitious names. And she can interview me and we can make up a composite for the magazine. She is going to talk to him, but I don't think cooking and serving food is one of her interests...