Week 22

Day 147: Jan 4, 2015

Wow, I don't think I have had a sinus headache that lasted this long in a while. I did get to go out and enjoy the company of other today, though. It was nice to talk and have someone talk back.

Day 148: Jan 5, 2015

The J-termers are here!!! It was so great to see so many familiar faces get off the bus. I am still trying to recover fully from the “crud” so I tried to take it easy this morning and napped in the afternoon. I ended up skipping vespers because they were doing something outside and I figured I probably shouldn't be outside for that long yet and Pat felt the same so we ended up heading to my room to watch Bones and now I am going to go to bed early-ish.

Day 149: Jan 6, 2015

Another day, another shift.

Day 150: Jan 7, 2015

The shift went really well today. There were only two of us on the shift but it was an easy meal and with help from J-termers we were able to get all of the end of shift done before the meal was over and we were out of the kitchen before 6. It was amazing.

Day 151: Jan 8, 2015

We did it again! We were cleaned up and out of the kitchen before 6! I was really happy to get out early because I was hoping to make it to a tai chi class that started today. It was a really nice class. I had been thinking about adding meditation into my daily routine and this type of tai chi has both a movement aspect and a meditation part. It was a nice way to close out my work day. Now it is time to prank Benji. Let me explain a little. Benji doesn't even kind of make his bed. I am talking no sheets at all. So, Alex and I decided that we are going to pull a neatness and make his bed. We aren't going to touch anything else but when he gets back he will come home to a freshly made bed. Can it be called a prank if you are doing something nice for them? Yeah, I think so.

Day 152: Jan 9, 2015

So I spent 15 minutes this morning alone in the kitchen not knowing if I was going to be alone on the shift. Someone else ended up showing up and I actually would have been fine alone but it was an interesting beginning to the day. I know I could have done the shift alone because we spent over an hour shelling garbanzo beans because it makes the hummus smoother. We didn't have to do it but it seemed silly to give people hour long breaks and it was kind of fun to figure out the best ways to shell them. The whole shift was nice and relaxing which was what I needed at this point in the week. Benji came back today and came up to me while we were cleaning up and asked if I knew who made his bed. It took all of my control to not smile and to tell him that I had no idea why anyone would do that. Alex ended up spilling the beans which meant that he had to help Benji rearrange the bed. Apparently, Benji had just switched the mattress and the bedspring but had left the sheet on the bedspring rather than switching it to the mattress. When Alex saw that, apparently, he had to laugh and made/helped Benji to move the fitted sheet and actually make his bed.

Day 153: Jan 10, 2015

It was a pretty darn good day. There wasn't anything particularly different but that was ok. The one thing of note was the dance party that the kids hosted. They even played the music for it. I don't think I have seen that much energy in one room in a long time.