Sat. Evening Post, 1/29/11

Drink of the week: Coffee and a lot of it. It seemed that this week's main activity was meeting and talking with people- and all over coffee. I met 7 different people this week and five of them at the little bakery/coffee shop down the street. Yesterday one of the workers said, "I feel like I've seen you in here everyday with someone different." Uh, it's not just a feeling. =-D

Job(s) of the Week: pet care worker, coffee maker, lunch packer, maid and personal chef. Mom was out of town for the week, so I got the job of taking care of the animals(and dad). I'm happy to report that all are still alive and though the cat was extremely ungrateful and ill-mannered, all were well fed. Certain people were concerned that my father was going to starve as a vegetarian this week, but other than one evening of sun dried tomato and ricotta ravioli, he was served meat every evening. My favorite meal of the week was crab cakes and spicy Thai slaw. Mmm.

Planning of the week: I was excited to get some of the details of my first Staff Care trip worked out. I'll be going to Romania in April following our IM Staff Conference in Slovakia. I've also been filling up more of my free time following my Feb. travels. For anyone who's interested and been meaning to get together to talk, etc., I've still got some time between Feb. 27th and Mar. 12th, when I return to Odessa.



A picture from this week:

I've been intending to take pictures of everyone I'm meeting with, but keep forgetting. I managed to grab a quick photo with Rachel, though. For the rest of you, come find me and we'll take a picture! =-)