Thursday, January 30, 2014

Pat was off to Banff this morning and, although it was raining, it wasn’t foggy and his flight was able to land and take-off again.

I had a lovely long chat with Diane today. It’s her birthday and when I called (before my breakfast) they had just finished enjoying lunch at a local restaurant. Then I chatted a bit with Elizabeth. By the time those calls were done there wasn’t much morning left, but I managed to get the binding done on one small project before heading off to my Red Cross shift.

The volunteer ahead of me said she was busy and I hoped the afternoon would be quiet. It wasn’t! I had quite a bit of sorting out to do, and catch up on the data entry. I got some of the equipment washed down, but I left a bit of it for tomorrow’s shift. I was there until 4:45 and I was afraid the back door would be locked it I stayed much longer.

The convener stopped by for a few minutes. She asked if Diane (the coordinator from Nanaimo) had worked on the computer. I said no, and Sheila said the Tuesday volunteer thought it was running faster. Perhaps it was the knowledge that we’d been promised a new machine that gave her that false impression. Because today, I was so close to throwing the damned thing though the wall! I can hardly wait for the new machine to arrive (even though I’ll spend extra time doing the set up).

I’ll do a bit more hand stitching after I find myself some dinner. I don’t have to look far though as Pat made a pot of soup yesterday and I know there is some left.