CFIDS vs. SPCAI'm so exhausted today. Just getting through the day was a major victory for me. Today was the first day my SF SPCA volunteering program started up again, for the Adoption Outreach department. We had a couple of months off due to bad weather and general post-holiday apathy. I'd forgotten how loud and chaotic things are downtown, where ( Read more... )

Dinner?  Don't Ask, Don't Tell!The SF SPCA had its annual volunteer appreciation dinner last night at the California Culinary Academy. In previous years during our dinners at the CCA service has been hit or miss, because it is students, after all, but even so, last night was the worst ever. The portions were microscopic and the main course was the ( Read more... )

Just tryin' to sit in a chair, is allToday while sitting peacefully with Outreach at the McKesson building a big chunky guy came up out of nowhere, grabbed me by my leg and shouted playfully, "Don't you be sittin' in that chair!" or "Get up outta that chair!" or words to that effect. He startled me and scared the daylights out of Joan, who asked ( Read more... )