The people at the Urbana Methodist church were very friendly. We had to wait about 30 minutes for our number to be called. They just had people wait in the church and when their number was called, they went out to the entrance area, signed a paper so they had your name and stuff so they knew who got their groceries. It was fun listening to people talk while we waited. Isn't it ironic how funny monetarily challenged people can be? I guess it's better to laugh than cry. Or we just know it's alright to ask for help. Anyway, we didn't know we were supposed to sign anything, so we just went straight to the van thinking "I guess they'll just ask and we'll say 'yeah, we had a number in there' and they'll give us some groceries". Since we're oh-so-memorable, someone noticed and came out and told us to go back in and sign the paperwork. Would've been better had the lady who calls numbers told us that when we handed her our number-card, but she didn't, and it's no big deal. And it gave us time to chit-chat that much more. Then we took the van through a drive-through, and they put a box with canned food, a store bought chicken, beef patties, dry milk, toothpaste, and a tube of sausage. Not a lot, but every little bit helps.
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Stopped by the pharmacy, picked up my medicine, some cola, a few other sweets and then headed for home. We stopped at our neighbor's place, talked a while, and left with another couple of dozen eggs. We're (Rain actually) is strongly considering making a pan of brownies for him, his wife, his daughter and grandchild, just so they can be certain we really appreciate the free eggs. They know that SSD is our only source of income, so they understand we don't have much extra money to buy the eggs with, although we would pay something if they really wanted/asked us to.
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Today we took Rocky and Tiger to the shelter. Confirmed (when asked) that we had four more to bring in, but that it would be just a couple at a time. I'm sure that was appreciated because they're working with a skeleton crew right now because two of their employees are out on maternity leave.
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Got some gas for the van, ate lunch, did a little essential-grocery shopping, some Oestara (Pagan Easter) shopping, and even a little birthday shopping for the Rain lady. Now we're home doing what we do when we're here.
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