Day 90 November 21

 Today, I did a variety of different jobs.  I started with leasing in the morning at Bentley, making sure we had identified as many demands as possible. When we decided we were finished, I joined the maintenance crew, changing filters at Bentley.  We had all the filters changed in about 30 minutes, and then Doug recruited me to help with Thanksgiving baskets, so he came and picked me up at Bentley and took me back to the office.  When I got there, I went over the plan with Jenni and then took lunch.  After lunch, I started by doing some organising in the office and then taking some books over to Woodbine.  From there, I went to Santa Fe and dropped off our moving stuff at one of the sheds there.  From there, I went to GoPuff and picked up some stuff for the pantry.  I had to put that stuff away in the pantry, and then I went back to the office and moved a lot of chairs out of the way so we could set up tables for the Thanksgiving baskets.  Since I was done early, we were not able to tear the lobby apart yet, so I made a Goodwill run and took a desk, some paper, and some other random stuff to donate.  When I got back from Goodwill, I tore apart the lobby and set up tables.  When all the tables were set up, I headed home early.  When I got home, I relaxed for a while before eating supper.  After supper, we went to church, where they were showing a documentary about Palestine and what has been going on for the past few years.  It was really horrible to see what was happening to the people there, but it also seems hard for us to do much for them.  After the documentary, we headed home, and I went straight to bed.

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