Two days a week, a measly
six hours a week, I dress in something I hope I cannot ruin and go to work. I volunteer at the ACS Discovery Shop. I’m sure you know this as I have told you
hundreds of times.
I love Wednesdays. That’s the day I’m the book lady. Joe prices the books. He’s my third pricer. Joan took longer, and her decisions weren’t
so arbitrary. So he sorts the books and
even puts some out in the wrong places which are a constant source of hair
pulling on my part. Biographies are not
fiction. And too, I need to go through
his discard boxes. Many aren’t.
I’ve learned to relax. It was hard.
Fridays I sort. One thing that makes it tolerable is that I
work with two other OCD volunteers both days, Bob, and Linda. Sorting the donations used to be a fraction
more fun. Now so many things come in
that I let the mess swamp me. I need to
relax on Fridays too. Just because a
homeless lady picked up damp clothes on the beach and brought them to us doesn’t
mean we have to take them. Dirty smelly
clothes are NO too. Dirty stuffed
animals are a NO also no matter how cute they are.
I’ve been known to take
something to the cleaners. I’ve been
caught popping an old quilt into my washing machine. It won’t sell if it is dirty.
Every day, I post to
Facebook for the store. Corporate wants
us to post many “Making Strides for Breast Cancer” flyers, posters, front
window pictures et al right now. I’ve
snuck a few other pictures in too. I’ll
be there next week, but the week after I will be hugging my other
daughter. Facebook does enable timed
release posts.
That’s me, I WORK at being
timed release.
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- Himself: (Please stop by and see his blog.) Lightbulbs and Legos for Poolie. Playing games for himself.
- Herself: Writing here….and there…and these days it seems everywhere. Frightened of the blood test results tomorrow. I confess to eating Carbs this month.
- Reading: Moving on to the next book.
- Captain Poolie: Off the steroids and not eating again. Not well for the last three days.
- Gratitude’s: That it’s cool and sunny right now.
Trying to relax can really stress you out lol. I hope Poolies appetite comes back.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like a great place to volunteer!
ReplyDeleteYou're doing a good thing. I didn't know about the timed posts on FB, not that it would be important to me.
ReplyDeleteAcceptance is the key...........
ReplyDeleteI have a friend who works in such a shop here and says it is not unusual to get just one shoe, dirty clothes or expired groceries. I wonder if those folks really think they are being helpful. Keep doing your part, you are needed.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Yes, we got one nice pink sandal this week. The other never showed up, and I was dissappointed. No old groceries tho.
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