slightly edgy intro to Lambert House; trans fun

[sistawendy]

I did my shadow shift at Lambert House last night. It was pretty quiet; I mainly just shot the breeze with other volunteers - yeah, there was much Burning Man discussion - and helped them close up the house.

Some of the kids youth that use Lambert House are homeless. A very few of them, said a couple of volunteers, have "created their own problem" through substance abuse, etc., and may try to manipulate their way into getting stuff from us volunteers that we're not supposed to give them. The rules for volunteers include but aren't limited to:

1. No material assistance from individual volunteers to the youth, not even bus fare or rides.
2. No outing them. We can't acknowledge them in public unless they acknowledge us first.
3. No exchange of contact info in either direction.
4. No hanky panky with clients, natch, no matter how old they are. (Youth age out of the house at 23. I met one volunteer who used to be a client.)

The volunteer training isn't until next month. Lambert won't be a regular gig for me until after then.

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I injected myself with hormones as usual Monday night, and yesterday I ate most of the M&Ms out of my remaining MREs. Coincidence? I think not.

Days until the Grand Snip: 90.

Comments

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

hopefully none of the "don'ts" are ever things you find yourself in a position to consider at all. :)

[evillinn.livejournal.com]

I've heard such great things about LH, and have known many people that worked with them. I hope it is a great experience for you, even if hard at times. I have no doubt that you'll be an asset to those kids.

And holy shit I lost track of time. 90 days is *nothing*.