Whew, I worked hard all day yesterday and will be working as much as 45  hours next week. The board has determined that we need to go back and get the bookkeeping straight for several years, so that we can have an accurate audit. They talked about hiring someone else to do it, but I said I would rather do it myself. Now to get down to it. There are so many other things I would rather be doing, but I will be glad to get this behind me. I was trying to get everything else caught up and do some preparation, but I finally had to give up for the day about 4:30. The noise of the kids, volunteers bringing dinner in the pouring rain and exhaustion kept me from staying any longer. Meredith was tired, too. She had worked late the night before and left about 3.

One of our Moms is moving out next week, she is very excited. She has been working 2 weeks at the chicken plant; it's hard work but steady money. She will be renting a place for $425. She and Kerri did a budget and she will have about $40 left over after rent and utilities. Not enough in my book. And that's with us paying for child care, which is only for 6 months. Maybe a man will appear on the scene in that time and "rescue" her.

At lunch time both Thursday and Friday, I ran out to buy something for the shelter and lunch for me and I stopped at CCDC HQ to eat it there. Yesterday (Friday), though, I waited about 30 minutes for my to-go order, so I took it back to the office instead. Had to buy some baby wipes, orange juice, nursery water and cheese slices. When I got back to the office, I found I had missed the 1:00 Friday staff meeting. That is a new thing and I didn't have it in my head, although it was on my calendar.

The grand opening of the democratic HQ went well Thursday night, although there was some behind-the-scenes competition and lack of clarity as to who was in charge. Stuff kept getting moved as one person or another decided it looked better somewhere else. There were probably 100 people crowded into the space and it was hot, even with the AC running full blast and trying to keep up. Several people spoke, including our opponent to the idiot Paul Broun, Russell Edwards. He is a tall, quiet, intense guy with a big nose, but he gave an inspiring speech.