Hot Dogs For Seagulls?

Man. I did not sleep well. I feel like I was in a car accident. No rest for the weary though, I had errands to run today! Finally, after living in Green Lake for the past few months, I found the perfect place to volunteer. It's an independent living facility (they also do assisted living, and full time care) right on the lake. I had my tour today, which was great, and they pricked me for a tuberculosis test which was no big deal. I should hear back from the coordinator by Sunday to figure out the exact time next week when I'll start. I'm so excited!! It's not a major commitment, just about an hour and a half a week, and I think it's going to be such a wonderful addition to my life. 

When I filled out the application they wanted to know if I had any talents, hobbies or interests. Tough one. I wrote, "Talking :) (yes, I literally drew a smiley face), listening, reading, abstract painting, and walking." Thinking back, I'm surprised by the lack of hobbies. I guess I could have added blogging, writing, running, and cooking, but those just didn't pop up in my mind. No big deal though, Donna, the coordinator and I talked and I told her I'd happily do anything - just put me to work! 

On the walk home from the living community, I encountered this fine gentleman feeding the birds. I talked to him for a bit, and he handed me a huge jar of seeds to help him out. It was so much fun that I didn't even scold him for feeding the seagulls hot dogs. GROSS! That can't be good for them. 

My Bird Buddy

HELLO. Look What I spotted Parked Along Green Lake! 

Side note: My favorite part of today was during my tour. I was introduced to so many lovely people, including a gentleman named Jim who was looking dapper, dressed in a beautiful tweed blazer, headed to do group exercise. I think I'm going to learn a thing or two about fashion, grace, and elegance in my near future. This volunteering thing is going to be a blast!

Progress is Found in Odd Places

I have a confession to make. I've been procrastinating about my homework and helpful tasks. Although, I'm counting some of my helpful tasks like right now as Danny is watching the season finally of Lost and I'm working on my blog. I figure that this is great practice trying to focus on an activity while there are distractions going on around me. See, I'm pretty good at reasoning to myself that I'm actually doing productive things!

I don't think I ever said the results of my testing from my speech therapist in Wenatchee. The most glaring score was for my attention span. On a median score of 100 I had a 42. Ouch. This is why I lose focus, and can't complete tasks. Even a ticking clock can confuse me, and lose my train of thought. It is such a joke because before my surgery I have always been juggling several things at time.

It is also why I am really horrible about emailing, and facebook and I'm really sorry about that! Sorry guys. And, while we're at it, I also apologize that I don't much use the phone. I've called my grandma once and I've talked to Kaal every several days but that's pretty much it. It is insanely hard to talk over the phone. I do pretty well when I do face-to-face communication, but it really limits things between my out of town friends. I hope every knows that I love you guys! It won't always be like this!

It's weird, writing the blog is so helpful for me to work on my vocabulary and organizing my thoughts, but it's almost like cheating because my blog writing is a lot better than my verbal communicating. In fact, I think my blog is vastly better than my off the cuff verbal communication. It's a pretty wild sensation or maybe I mean realization when can't get my words out. Maybe I don't know what word I want. I have that happen a lot.

Ok. Enough trying to work on distractions (Lost) and blogging. I feel good about the results! About a week ago I wouldn't have been able to do my blog with the TV or any distractions. Progress is found in odd places!