quiet pantry

this morning the food pantry was freezing. (i'm still trying to warm up)

it wasn't so much the heat as it was the lack of people. there must have only been around twenty families served thismorning which meant that we weren't running around like normal, keeping ourselves warmed up.

i don't know where they've gone. perhaps the holidays brought stuff in for some of them, either way. to be honest i think it was a good thing this week as supplies were very low.

afterwards i went out for lunch and a yap with a couple of the girls i've got to know really well over the last few months. apart from some mild lets-set-becky-up style scheming (i've learned to ignore it, but i felt sorry for the poor waiter) we had a really good time. i love them a lot and it was great to hang out somewhere other than the food pantry.

the thing is that there aren't that many people out there who get that it's not something you have to do, it's something that you want to do. it could just as easily be one of us who needs the help. so it's really nice sometimes to just chill out (talking nothing of sense or depth) with some folks that know where you're coming from.