Had a tough case on the Crisis Text Hot Line last night. I had to get my supervisor involved for some expert advice. The supervisor was super supportive and helped boost my confidence. I had kinda thought she would take over the conversation but she continued to coach me and let me handle it. She even left a kind note for me afterwards. This was the first case that I was worried about the texter enough that I wanted an experienced person to look at our exchange and help me out.
Sometimes when I have a tough case I have trouble letting them go after we are done. But because the supervisor was involved and she felt comfortable that the texter would be safe I was able to let it go. That was nice. I have handled 19 cases so far. One more case and I will level up to a Level 3. I have volunteered for 19 hours so far. 181 to go to complete my commitment. I’m glad I found this way to be in service. Most of the time I enjoy it.
I painted almost 2/3 of the west side of Jim’s house today. I have caught up to him and he needs to remove more shingles before I have more to paint. Tomorrow I need to start getting the yard mowed so may not get any more painting done before we leave on Monday. I’ll see how long the mowing takes and how I am feeling.
I had some low B/P again today. It was OK this morning but when I got outside in the heat it dropped. I would paint for a bit and then come in and drink lots of water and rest and then go back out to paint. Slow but steady was my motto for the day. I sure hope my doctor can reassure me on Wednesday that nothing serious is wrong with me. I sure am tired of this.
I grilled hamburgers for dinner tonight. Fixed some broccoli and made a baked potato for Jim. Need to use up the left over chicken some how tomorrow night. Not sure what I am going to make with it yet.
I didn’t get the freezer cleaned out yet. We are coming back for a week mid June so will continue to clean out the freezer then. I’ll need to do the same thing in KS as I am getting som beef the first of August and will need freezer space.
Started making more face masks today. Cut out part of the pieces of the sheet and the flannel. The big pieces of flannel are easier to use than the receiving blankets were as I can rip the strips to the width I need and not have to cut all four sides. I have two people waiting for me to mail them some masks and want to try to get them in the mail this weekend.
The man that Jason worked next to died of Covid-19 today. That makes this thing very real for me. There was another man from Emporia that died this week too. Both were in their 40 – 50’s and relatively healthy before they got sick. Damn! Life is not fair sometimes.
I haven’t started gathering things up to take to KS yet. I do have a list and figure it won’t take me long to pull things together. Since we are coming back June 12 I don’t feel a great sense of urgency to get everything this trip. We will probably start packing the cars on Sunday with lots of Jim’s stuff he wants to take this time. He is taking his Element that has lots of room so will be able to take a double load this time. When we come back in June we will take his Mazda to KS when we return.
It’s been a good day. Painting the house is very rewarding as it looks so nice when I am done. I have lots of trim to paint when I get done with the main color but that will happen on another day and time. Maybe when we are here in June I can start getting the trim painted. We will see how I am feeling and how hot it gets. I don’t do well in the heat.
Grateful a lot of painting got done today, grateful for my supervisor’s guidance last night, and grateful to be making more face masks.