Pre-Training. Part One.
Well, because I couldn't wait I decided to start my training early. I had planned to train with the Red Cross on October 1st. However, I think I am going stir-crazy and have decided to move the date up one week. So that means training on the 24th of September.
Training for what, you ask? Well, I am training with the Red Cross so I can travel to the Gulf Coast and help out those displaced by Hurricane Katrina. I am not doing anything else with my life and it just seems so worthless right now so I am trying to do something meaningful. If anything it will get me out of the dungeon for three weeks.
And actually, I don't know where I am going. They haven't told me yet. I assume I will be going to the Gulf Coast, but in reality I could go anywhere there are evacuees. I could go to Houston or San Antonio or Atlanta. I know what I want to do, but I don't know if I have a choice. I would love to go down to New Orleans and help clean up, get some of the neighborhoods cleared and ready for homeowners to move back in. I can do that. Dealing with people and the emotional stress, now I don't know if I can do that. So I hope Red Cross lets me choose on Saturday and they'll send me someplace in that capacity.
Now, as I said, I will be gone for three weeks. It should be interesting. It should be a life experience. And as my dad says, it should be the closest to a war zone I have ever seen. And if it stays that way, that would be even better.
I train on Saturday, for about 9 hours. Then they tell us when we leave (I'm assuming there is going to be more than just me). It could be one week, it could be two days, it could be 2 weeks, we should be prepared to leave whenever. But with Hurricane Rita threatening the Gulf, I might be delayed until it passes and things get sorted out. So, while I moved up my training, I might still have awhile to wait. I hope it isn't too long, I am getting anxious.
And, I suggest those of you that wish to see how I am doing bookmark this site. I don't plan to be online when I am not online, and therefore you will not get this link like you usually would. If I can get the chance and someone down there has a laptop I can borrow for five minutes, then I will try and get a quick post in about how I am doing and how things are down there. I don't think it will happen, but I can try.
So as the days approach I am getting more and more anxious, but I am also nervous. I'll post at least once more letting everyone know when I am to leave and therefore when I am to return.
Till then.
Training for what, you ask? Well, I am training with the Red Cross so I can travel to the Gulf Coast and help out those displaced by Hurricane Katrina. I am not doing anything else with my life and it just seems so worthless right now so I am trying to do something meaningful. If anything it will get me out of the dungeon for three weeks.
And actually, I don't know where I am going. They haven't told me yet. I assume I will be going to the Gulf Coast, but in reality I could go anywhere there are evacuees. I could go to Houston or San Antonio or Atlanta. I know what I want to do, but I don't know if I have a choice. I would love to go down to New Orleans and help clean up, get some of the neighborhoods cleared and ready for homeowners to move back in. I can do that. Dealing with people and the emotional stress, now I don't know if I can do that. So I hope Red Cross lets me choose on Saturday and they'll send me someplace in that capacity.
Now, as I said, I will be gone for three weeks. It should be interesting. It should be a life experience. And as my dad says, it should be the closest to a war zone I have ever seen. And if it stays that way, that would be even better.
I train on Saturday, for about 9 hours. Then they tell us when we leave (I'm assuming there is going to be more than just me). It could be one week, it could be two days, it could be 2 weeks, we should be prepared to leave whenever. But with Hurricane Rita threatening the Gulf, I might be delayed until it passes and things get sorted out. So, while I moved up my training, I might still have awhile to wait. I hope it isn't too long, I am getting anxious.
And, I suggest those of you that wish to see how I am doing bookmark this site. I don't plan to be online when I am not online, and therefore you will not get this link like you usually would. If I can get the chance and someone down there has a laptop I can borrow for five minutes, then I will try and get a quick post in about how I am doing and how things are down there. I don't think it will happen, but I can try.
So as the days approach I am getting more and more anxious, but I am also nervous. I'll post at least once more letting everyone know when I am to leave and therefore when I am to return.
Till then.
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