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As always, a busy weekend.  Food pantry duty Saturday.  It was a little odd; we only got 1/2 of the produce I ordered -- which really pissed me off -- but we did get the chicken I ordered, and had blankets, so we muddled through.  At least we completely cleaned the place out -- all of the bread and produce we had, the adult diapers, most of the socks and care items, etc.  In turn we were able to again spray down and clean, which was good.  The order for produce tomorrow will be extensive, and if we get dicked again, a snide email will be sent out...  Operationally, it was fine.  The client count was 144 (I got crap for being short of my "goal" of 150) and we had plenty of volunteers.  It was a bit nippy, but the clients were mostly good (one person left some garbage about; she has mental issues, but my tolerance for this shit is below zero, so...) and it went quite smoothly.  Bunch of people came late, and we sent them away, as it was past 12, and all we had for them was canned goods.  We need to be better at leaving AT 12, and not dawdling... 

Then home for a bit where I put down some more concrete; I didn't flatten it, but I think the divot is a bit lower.  I should have my sister or someone with a less rugged vehicle drive over it and report back.  I think I will buy some more concrete this week and put down another layer.  Rah.  Then it was off to a fundraiser dinner, which was mostly fine, save for the fact that it was an hour late, which...well, you know I feel about being on time.

Today was the big Raise the Roof fundraiser at church -- we need a new one, and had a luncheon for people willing to buy tickets.  I, of course, was in the kitchen, helping with meal (kielbasa sandwich, pierogi, salad, dessert); I guess it is my curse to be stuck there, prepping, cooking, food running, and then cleanup.  It was good -- we had about 135 people, so little food left, and I think we had plenty of money, also nice.  That said, when I got home, I was tired.  I showered, had dinner, drank some coffee, and I am better, but still off to bed soon.  At least I was able to get through stuff -- finally -- and I think that helped too.  But I still did much less than I had planned to do tonight.

Republicans' Recurring Family Policy Fight - American Compass
Interesting, and I hope we can do half of the stuff we intend to do in the next legislative section!

A Brief History of the Most Famous Swear Word in the World ‹ Literary Hub
Hilarious and interesting!  Side note -- my foul tongue was discussed during dinner today, much to my bemusement.  They are correct; a Matt swear jar would be an excellent fundraiser and certainly go a long way in paying for the roof...

How Kamala Harris plowed through $1 billion - Washington Examiner
I don't think this has been stressed enough; not that they lost, but all of the stuff you could have done with the billion they pissed away to get shellacked.  I think every GOPer should -- til Doomsday, if need be -- remind everyone about they could have used this money on -- poverty, hunger, etc. -- and how we are doing a better ob.  Not saying it will work, but it would be amusing.