TIRED!!!

We started early this morning so we could shadow Brad and Jacalyn, who were assigned to 8:30 kitchen duty. Dan diverted Jacalyn to doing residents' laundry, so Brad got the job of teaching us the ropes. We were on our feet from the time we arrived until we sat down briefly to eat lunch before jumping back up again to clean up.

We met Bobbie, the cook, and Calvin, her husband and assistant, who were already hard at work preparing the noon meal. They were very kind and helpful to us newbies. Joe, who is in charge of dishwashing, also took the time to teach us and to give us encouragement.

I found out that Joe is also a barber from way back and cuts hair for the CARE residents, volunteers, and Rainbow's End residents, as well as some community people, so I made an appointment for right after our shift ended to get my shaggy mane trimmed. Joe did an excellent job--and threw in a scalp massage to boot!

During the break between lunch cleanup and showing up to help with supper, Ken went over to talk with Bud and Pearl. He's driving them to Kingwood for a doctor's appointment tomorrow. At 4:00 p.m. we went back to work. More like...we dragged ourselves back over to work. I ran into Dan, the volunteer coordinator. When he saw how tired I was, he suggested that we not stick around for the whole shift. Supper is a more lightly attended meal, and they had it covered, so we stayed to help with prep and serving and then headed home.

We've been so busy that Ken has forgotten to take photos, but he assures me that he will catch up soon. We have to get up early for our Thursday morning volunteer meeting, so I'm off to bed early.