a little disappointing

[marathoner452]

Turns out they're not still recruiting for deployments after all. That means a couple of things-that I'll probably be using my vacation days for Lutheran Disaster Response not that trip to Minnesota (more on that in a minute), that I can start scheduling tornado presentations for March, that I'll be home for the March is Red Cross Month breakfasts (waking up at 5:30 to make nice with our big donors), that I have no excuse for not running solid races this spring/early summer. I'm disappointed, but I just have to be patient. It's not like I'll never get a chance to go on a national disaster assignment, I'll just have wait a little longer to do it.

Also, I've been invited back for another year doing CDE for the Red Cross out here in Frederick. *Grins* That must mean I'm doing a good job. Referring back to my vacation days-not going to Minnesota (as cool as that would be) will save me money on airfare and leave me more to start off my year doing VISTA as it was intended-actually living on the little bit of money they give us. Plus, if I actually lived in Frederick County maybe I could be on a nighttime DAT team. If nothing else, I'd save money on gas and have more free time without such a long commute.

I'm almost done listening to The Grapes of Wrath in the car. I see now why this book is a classic.

~Bethany

Comments

[ratkrycek.livejournal.com]

What would you have been doing in Minnesota?

It sounds like you do a great job with CDE. :)

[marathoner452.livejournal.com]

Outward Bound alumni course. It's a Swap-Ya, meaning you swap 5 days of work around the base camp for 2 days of fun. Very low cost-$25 to $50 deposit. I did one a couple years ago down in North Carolina and for our days of work we tacked plastic over screened windows, packaged up dried food and dug steps into a slippery hillside, and for our days of fun we went whitewater rafting and camped overnight.

All that, and I fit in a couple of grueling runs on gravel roads and went fluming (where you stick your head under an ice-cold waterfall).

The only reason I'm not there already is that airfare to Duluth is equivalent to two week's pay as a VISTA. :-(

~Bethany

[roadwarrior220.livejournal.com]

Awww...that is disappointing. I know you were hoping to go after B & A, but like you said, you'll get to go eventually. And I do hope you'll come see me for a bit if you get the chance during your vacation days, maybe after your relief work--as always, it'll be fun. :-)

And I know you're doing a great job--I've said it before, you're doing great things. And since I'll be out there by the time you start your next stint with the Red Cross, we'll be able to spend some of that free time together. :-)

Talk to you tonight--can't wait. :-)