My first shift on the Crisis Text Hot Line went well. I took two calls and was able to get them both to a calmer state of mind. For the first ten hours I volunteer I can only take one call at a time and only work four hours a week. After I get to Level 2, which happens after 10 hours of volunteering, I can work up to 12 hours a week and take two calls at a time. After level 3 which happens after 20 hours of volunteering I can take up to three calls at a time.
It took a bit to get assigned to a call and sometimes I waited for 5 – 10 minutes for them to respond. The time went fast though and I enjoyed it. I look forward to my shift tonight.
I spent some time this morning organizing my class notes better and putting them into folders. Last night I struggled to find the paper I was looking for. I’lll see if this works better for me tonight.
Found out today by reading some more on their site that I can stay over to finish a call. Last night my last call ended at 11:45 and I didn’t take another call as I didn’t know if I had to rap it up at shift end at midnight. Most calls take 45 minutes to complete. If that happens tonight I will take another call and work a bit over my scheduled time off.
Went out this morning and filled nail holes with putty so I could paint this afternoon. I had to dodge the rain sprinkles that happened off and on this morning and early afternoon. The sprinkles were more off than on. I got the window and door frames Jim had put up yesterday painted. He is working on finishing some more window frames so I will have some more painting to do when he gets them done. Rain is in the forecast for tomorrow so may not get them painted tomorrow.
I put a chicken in the crock pot this morning and served it with brown rice and broccoli for dinner. I’m going to turn the left over chicken into White Chicken Chili for dinner tomorrow night. Think I will put the left over rice in with it. My recipe doesn’t call for rice but I think it will work.
Jim took 75 face masks to the Stillwater Police Department for them to distribute to local people that need a mask. They were out of them so were happy to receive them. I am waiting on more ribbon to come in so I can finish my next batch of masks. The slow mail delivery sure makes this project drag out. I don’t think I will order any more material when I get the last 75 or so made. Enough is enough of a good thing.
My new prescription of thyroid medication came in today. That was fast! I am anxious to see if the non-generic version will make a difference. I’ll take my first one tomorrow. I hate to waste medication and have an almost full bottle of the 112 and 125 generic left over. Anyone use it and want them?
Wrote three letters today. I am behind as I haven’t been writing one a day. I may write some more letters tonight while Jim is still outside working. I use his computer to write on as it is hooked up to the printer. I keep him busy taking letters to the post office most days. Our mail carrier won’t pick up letters in the box to mail right now.
I am tired tonight. I didn’t get to bed until late as I didn’t get done with my shift until almost midnight. I would sleep for about an hour than be up for two hours and repeated that cycle all night long. At some point I got up and took another bath. That helped me fall asleep quicker. I look forward to my thyroid levels smoothing out and my sleep returning to a more normal cycle.
Finally feeling like I am back into my smooth valley of life. Things are slowly leveling out for me again and I am back into my observer role instead of reactionary one. Life is much easier for me when I can observe instead of react.
Grateful my new meds arrive so quickly, grateful I had a painting job to do today, and grateful my first shift went well.