These past two days have been pretty uneventful, so there's not much to tell in this blog. The weather has been really crappy - grey skies and rain, rain, rain. I had decided not to go into the school this week unless I got a call (which I haven't). The idea was that Dad and I would spend some time at the beach, but it was not to be. :-( So, yesterday, Dad and I just stayed home and worked on church stuff. Dad and I did Meals on Wheels this morning. On our way there, we were at a stoplight and when it turned green, Dad started to go - lo and behold, a woman turned right, right in front of us. I couldn't believe it! We were going straight and this woman didn't even look in our direction - she just looked in the direction she was going. The other day, something similar happened to us - we were in a round-a-bout and were about to exit the round-a-bout, when a woman drove fast right in front of us. Thank goodness Dad is a very defensive driver and was able to avoid hitting her - again, he was in the right and she was just looking straight ahead. Sheesh!
Our Meals on Wheels run was short today for some reason. Whenever people are going to be away, they cancel the meals and so we only had 15 deliveries and we usually have about 20 or so. Even with so few to do, we still ran into problems. Two people weren't home when we stopped by - usually, both are at home, so it was odd that they weren't home today. We ended up going back to one lady at the end of our route and she was home by this time. She apologized for not being home - she had an appointment at the hospital and had forgotten about her meal coming.
After doing some shopping, we came home and spent the day doing more church stuff for me and census stuff for Dad. It turns out that Dad has a lot of reading and test taking to do. He even had to watch a dvd on the duties he has to perform as an area supervisor. He is going to have to interview people to choose some census collectors (enumerators) - he needs to find seven to cover his area.
I got an email from Chantelle tonight, the young girl who did her student teaching with me and Bronwyn last year - she is now at Torquay State School and she has been handing my card around to teachers in the school. She also talked with the principal and deputy principal about me. I have supply taught once in her school and I guess I did a good job because Chantelle told me in her email that the teachers were given a list of supply teachers who they were supposed to call if they were going to be away, and I am on the list! :-) That was so awesome to know - hopefully, that might lead to more supply jobs and maybe a more permanent position.
At SES tonight, Dad took part in two more practical exercises to complete his communications certificate. The first exercise was like the 'Chinese whisper game' where they had to receive a message from one team via radio, record it and then pass that message on to another team via radio on a different channel. The second exercise was reviewing how to fill in a radio log: keeping a record of everything that's happening over the radio in an activation exercise. Dad was asked by one of the assistant instructors today if he was interested in volunteering for Boy Scouts or EMQ (Emergency Management Queensland) cadets who are young people who are interested in becoming emergency personnel (eg: firefighter, police officer, etc.). She told Dad both were on Tuesday nights and Dad told her that he already has volunteer commitments on Tuesday nights - he has his Priesthood Executive Committee meeting at church every Tuesday. Even though he isn't able to fulfil her request, he was pleased to be asked.
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