Xenodochium

Evening folks,

Seems like the only time I ever get here anymore is in the evening. Probably shows that I have a semblance of a life. Hahaha... that's a joke. Unlike many stereotypical cybersessed (that's cyber-obsessed) people, I do not just bum around and play online/video games. I have a ridiculously busy life. I just make priorities (probably bad ones) for things like this. I could be sleeping for example... and I should be, since the insane, masochistic side of me picked up more hours at work... and I feel a sore throat coming on. So I'm drinking honey chamomile tea... because of course as I explained in an earlier post... tea has become my British idiosyncrasy cure-all.

Anyway, I wasn't going to write, because for once... my brain is too tired to think much, but then I was enjoying the blustery autumnal night and my hot tea so much that I started to get a second wind... until I started typing. Now I have no idea what I was going to say and whether it would have even been coherent. Besides, I've picked up 8 hours of work tomorrow, I have to get the house ready for guests, since a friend of a friend's father died and they need a home to stay for the weekend. I think I've housed at least 4 or 5 people for various lengths of time up to a month since living here for barely over a year. Some day I'll have a proper xenodochium. 

Oh right... I promised to flesh out the xenodochium for you. Might as well do it now since I can always be coherent about my dream. If you look up the word, since it is a weird word, you will actually find a definition. Originally, it was known as a medieval house for care of the poor, strangers, pilgrims, or the sick. The earliest Christians started it... because of course they rocked at actualizing love. My dream is to have a BIG house... and rent out rooms to people of varying ages, socieconomics, culture, etc. I find the real problems in life are not solved by shoving more money at them, but by people who help you through them. I know so many lonely people. I want to make connections - be a matchmaker of friendships. I want the elderly not to be stuck in a nursing home, but able to be with the young... and to feel like they can still contribute to lives. I want the teen mom to have someone to mentor her.  I want the poor to have someone to teach them life skills they didn't have time to learn, and the rich to stop hiding behind things and invest in people again. These are generalizations. Not every rich person is lonely, not every poor person lacks life skills, not all the elderly are separated from family, not all teen moms lack a supportive older woman in their life. BUT. These cases also do exist... and I would love my home to be full of people who aren't blood related, but are FAMILY. There's more to it... but I really must go to bed.

Good night!
Yours idealistically,
Lizzle