Day 129 January 14

 Today was pantry day, and it was a crazy day.  We started with our Trader Joe's pickup, and since we were short on volenteers Doug came with me.  When we got back to the pantry, we got everything put away, and then we had lunch.  After lunch, we opened the pantry.  It started out going really smoothly.  I was taking peoples boxes to their apartments and their cars.  Towards the end of the day, we had a lady show up who had overdosed on something.  When she got there, she could barely talk, and as she went through the pantry, she would fall asleep while standing and start to fall over before waking back up and catching herself.  Jenni and I had to follow her around and make sure she didn't fall into the shelves.  Eventually, we decided to call Doug and figure out what he would do.  We decided to call the ambulance, and they eventually took her to the hospital.  We were nice enough to take her food over to The Ridge for her.  When we had dropped off her food, we went back to the office, where I dropped Jenni off and then went to pick up Doug from the pantry.  I took Doug back to the office and then made a quick run to Goodwill.  After work, Christian picked me and the food up, and then we went to The Y to play racquetball for Learning Component.  I was not very good at the game, but it was really fun to just hit the ball really hard at a wall.  After Learning Component, we picked up some pizza for supper and then went home.  After supper, I made some breakfast burritos so I could have breakfast and lunch on the go.  When I was done cooking, I relaxed the rest of the evening and then went to bed.

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