The new girl and I miscommunicated about the evening. We were texting each other about seeing each other tonight except I forgot the supervisor had said she’d be putting her in the emergency shelter. So I got to the temporary shelter about 4 and sat on the couch in the common area. I talk to a few of the kids who were in and out of the room. They asked when I was going to start group and I said I was waiting for Alexis.

But after a half hour or so I figured I would go ahead and get started. I sent her a text to see if she was still coming. Later when I saw it she said she was downstairs. There is a child who I have learned does not do well in group and does much better by herself. But the girls asked about having her in there and I said okay we’ll try it. It didn’t go well and my other supervisor would say, “So who’s the one with the learning disability?”

So I went downstairs to talk to the supervisor and when I walked into the ES she was majorly laying into the women who were lined up at their tables. WE ARE WOMEN. I guess people weren’t keeping their spaces clean. And a whole bunch of other things were said because somebody had brought liquor and marijuana on the property and into the building. So then they had to do a search of everyone’s belongs and living areas.

They sign a contract not to do that so they know they’re not supposed to. So eventually after that I caught up with Alexis for a few seconds in person and put the name to the face of the people from class. She’s very cute with pretty hair. She’s actually worked there before and knows the boss so she’s familiar with the facility. I told her I normally leave around 6:30 which is when I also left tonight. She was going to do an intake.

Later we texted about how that was a lot and she was going to just come upstairs for the next time because she is there to do counseling not the other stuff she was doing (besides the intake). I told her there were plenty of people upstairs to get time with especially if she doesn’t mind meeting with kids. I don’t think the supervisor will mind, she is pretty supportive about whatever. So I don’t know, we’ll see how next week goes.