Love Letter from Kenny

Yesterday turned out to be quite a harried day for me. Our interview with 100 Huntley Street went really well on the weekend. I was talking about how it is not longer the "Ken and Michelle Show" because we have a strong team of support and hard workers. Well, how ironic. Between all the staff who were either off duty, sick, or on vacation, I ended up being the only one here for most of the day!! So, how did this pan out for me?

Let's see here. I did the men's house meeting. I answered phones. I answered the door. I dealt with resident concerns. I made lunch. I put out two snacks for coffee breaks. I made supper. I put two fine option people to work helping me. One did phones. The other made sandwiches for the next day's Drop In Centre. I hosted several people here from OptionS and introduced them for our lifeskills class. A lot of the board and workers joined in because it was being taped by 100 Huntley Street. Right, so I dealt with the tv crew, too! Well, needless to say when Jon showed up at 4:00 I asked him if I could leave early. I was pretty frazzled!

So, what did I do next? I drove to see a friend out of town! We had a blast!!

Here's an encouragement note from my husband I got tonight as I was catching up on some projects at the office:

hi,

well, you seem to have survived the nuclear meltdown of a Monday alone at the Mission. Most people, that is 99.99%, would be lying under their bed in the fetal position, sucking their thumb and quivering like jello. Especially after working all week then saturday and early sunday. You aren't a work a holic because you not only work hard but you play hard. I'm happy you go out to see your friend or the boys or whoever, and I'm amazed you can bounce out of bed the next day and do it all over again. I get tired just thinking about your work or your play schedule. But I think you're happy, and that makes me happy. I mean as happy as an ogre can be.

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