A Fire Truck goes to Church

After an awful and stressful day at work, it was very nice to get to church and visit with my friends and catch up on the past week's news, etc. The babies in the nursery on Wednesday nights keep us hopping, they are very busy. Most of them are in my Sunday School class. Speaking of Sunday...let me tell you what happened this past Sunday morning....

Approx. 10 minutes before the 11 am church service, the fire alarm went off. Well there was one other adult in my class with me and 9 little ones at the time. I am not sure how, but all of a sudden there were people coming to assist with getting the little ones out of the building. There was no way toddlers could walk behind someone leading them on a regular day, let alone a time when a very loud alarm is blaring. Some of them didn't have shoes, some were screaming and the other ones were wide eyed and scared.

All we could think about was getting them out of the building. We all gathered outside next to the playground with all the other kids (up to 3 yrs old) and I made a comment "well, at least it is not raining", just then, it started pouring rain (it really did!), it was amazing. Everyone grabbed the kids again and ran to the choir suite that is in the main church building with the sanctuary. No one in the sanctuary knew anything about the fire alarm. The building really could have been on fire and no one in the church service would know a thing.

It ended up being a false alarm, one of the teens "leaned up against the alarm" and it started. Of course we had to wait for the fire truck to come and reset the alarm--still blaring loudly. The kids did get to see the fire truck, that was fun I guess. By the time we got back in the building again, there were other kids arriving. It was so chaotic that I ended up staying in my classroom for the 2nd service--there were now 11 toddlers in my class. The volunteers in the first service stayed on thru the 2nd service in the infant room, so they were covered.

The fire station is very close to us, about a minute away. They have been at our church 2 times in the past months. They are probably going to get tired of false alarms. The last time about a month or so ago one of the younger kids pulled the alarm, that time it was on a Wednesday night.

Re-thinking 4 day work week

Apparently there is more to the proposed 4 day work week schedule than I had originally thought. Information regarding the work schedule arrived via email.

An hour for lunch will be a requirement (I know lots of folks that will not like that). A signed form is required stating that if your job performance goes down, you have to return to the regular 8 hrs a day schedule within 2 weeks. Because of the required hour for lunch, there is not going to be any time in which to make up time during the week unless you stay even later. For holidays, we still only get 8 hrs, not 10. So to make up those 2 hours, you would have to take vacation time, work even longer during the day, or come in on your day off to make them up. I would have to come in even earlier on Wednesdays because I don't want to miss out on Wednesday Church activities.

So it looks like I will probably say no to the 4 day work week. My current hours seem ok to me.

Dentist

Yes, the time has come once again for my twice yearly teeth cleaning/xray appointment. This time I got to have a circular xray. The xray machine goes around your head while you bite on a piece of plastic all the while trying to keep your head still, etc. When Julie showed me the film, I saw why I am beginning to have sinus problems and that I do indeed have healthy teeth/roots. That is very nice to hear. At least one part of me is up to par. It is very nice to have a christian dentist, he has been my dentist for 19 years.

After my appt with the dentist, I went to eat with some friends to Buffalo Wild Wings. On Tuesdays they have 40 cent wings. I haven't been there in months. It is very loud and not a place to have any kind of conversation. About 20 different TVs are playing and most of them are tuned to different channels.

Report on my boss: Monday they did surgery on his brain tumor in Tampa Florida. The tumor was cancer, but they were able to remove it all. He will come home in a few days and begin cancer treatments. The surgery went very well. Thank you for your prayers and concerns.

Weekend

Another long week has ended. I am now down to 19 projects from 24 last week. I am looking forward to a relaxing weekend. It started with a pedicure tonight. I timed it well. When I got to the nail salon, there were about 5 people getting their toes done. When I left all the chairs were full, about 15.

I have added pictures from my boss's wedding to the entry below. He is having a brain tumor removed in Tampa, FL on Monday. This is a serious surgery, but expected to go very well.

Enjoy your weekend.

Typical Monday

Today was a typical crazy Monday at work. I look forward to next month when I begin to have Mondays off.

There are so many things I need to research and learn at work about work. My manager wants us to be "BA certified" and although I very much appreciate the opportunity to do that, my work load does not allow much time for this learning. I have never been a good student, but will try to learn more. This will come in handy should we want to leave the company and go to another company.

My toddler class went well this week, there was 10 of them for the early service. That made for an overflowing room. They don't really know how to listen, so we did a craft and had a very short lesson. (Thankfully they didn't eat the cotton balls, but several of them did eat the crayons....). There were 13 toddlers for the 2nd service. I was in the baby room for the 2nd hour and there were 7 of them. Needless to say, all of the workers/parents helping were all wiped out at the end of church.

Have a great week.

Boss's Wedding

Today @ 5:30 my boss got married. He married a girl who used to be in my work group. It was a short and sweet wedding.

My supervisor caught the garter belt. So maybe he is next?? I didn't catch the bouquet, one of their daughters got it. They both have 2 daughters.

Have a good weekend.

Birthday Wishes

Thanks to all for the Birthday Wishes. I guess I have to accept the fact that I am now another year older.

Today was another extremely busy day. It zoomed by again and I ended up having to stay an extra 30 minutes to provide a project status report to my supervisor.

Trip to SC for my birthday--Photos

dad in SC

Hello to all, Yes, my PC does work outside of my house. I am in Cowpens, SC with my dad at Panera's. It took a couple minutes to get hooked up online, but it works fine.

Here are some pictures!!!

Week's End

What a week. I had to get my "ducks in a row" before I left work today because I am going to be out of the office on Monday and Tuesday. Seems like even when I take one day off the next day at work I am extra swamped with stuff. So with 2 days off.... who knows?

I am heading to SC to see my dad for my birthday. I will be leaving after church to head up north. It will take me approx. 5 hours to get there.

My associate director who has type 3B lung cancer is getting married next week to a girl at work. She used to be in our department and Damon was her boss, but she transferred to another department awhile back. Their wedding is next Friday, one day before his birthday. I thought they may speed the wedding along once he announced that he was so sick.

Hope you all have a great weekend. I am going to take this PC with me on my trip. It will be the first time I try to use it with "wi-fi". Wonder if it will work? I plan on playing a DVD during the trip so I will have something to listen to. I figure the battery will last about 4 hours (hopefully).