Its Wednesday!

     Today was Wednesday and it was my second day of working first shift. I would say I loved it, but it was kind of sad due to not really being in the shelter at all. I had my CPR training and lucky for me I don't have to get first aid training for another two years. :-)  So I spent most of the morning going over checking the scene, removing foreign objects, and compressions on plastic dummies. But no worries I can now perform CPR on adults, children, and babies. I can save so many lives, but even though I am certified I would prefer it if someone else did it.  I also learned about Blood Borne Pathogens and how wearing gloves and other protective items saves me from getting AID, HIV, and other lovely diseases from trying to save lives.

Day Shift, Mail, House Meeting, and Panera (aka Bread Co)

     Day Shift as always is really slow in the morning and crazy right before I leave. All I did today was childcare and correct a child when she acted rudely to her mother. I enjoyed childcare, because the children are great, but I'm still not all excited about paperwork. I'm excited to work second shift so someone else will do the paperwork :-).

Sunday and Monday

     Today is Monday and things seem to be going slow as always. I'm working the night shift today so I have all day to make phone calls, do laundry, and relax. I did the same thing yesterday too. I have spent most of the past two days in bed watching tv on hulu or in a big chair watching tv and movies. But once I went to work my laziness went away and I got right back into working. Today I went into work early so I would be able to take off an hour for dinner. When I arrived a class started and I had child care. It was fun working with the kids. The male volunteer from next door dropped by and helped out during child care. This was awesome, because it allowed us other  volunteers give more one on one attention to other children. I actually played catch with one of our boys. Since there are no tennis balls, or any type sport toys we used a ball of play dough in the play room. This is something I would never do in my own house or even at a place I would be babysitting at, but I felt sometimes you need to break common understandable rules to get a sense of a normal setting.

One busy day

     I started my day at 9:00 getting ready for the bittersweet festival. My plan was to wear a skirt for the first time in days, because it was going to be in the 80's. I even put on makeup, because I was going out in public and enjoy the day being a tourist. The plan was to leave by 10:30 to see the clog dancers at 11:00 and then the parade at 12:00. Well we in the end we got to the festival a little after 11:30 and saw the end of the cloggers and then stood on the side of the street and watch the parade. For a parade for a small town it was pretty typical: horses, fire trucks, Four Wheelers, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Political Candidates, and so on.

"I don't care to"

Kentucky, the place of many things and many people... or maybe it is just where I am living. I started my day going on an adventure with a girl from CAP named Janean. We were looking for winter clothes at Threads and Goodwill. We may have gotten lost a couple of times and passed up the store a few more times, but it made the car ride even better. But since in the end we ended up in Berea we stopped by to see Paul before his lunch break. Lucky for me I got chocolate out of the deal, because Paul hates candy and sweet things.