Work, work, work,
WORK! Greetings all! How I have missed you! (Really, I have. I'm not just being polite.) Today was the first day of week three of my new job as an activities aide at an assisted living facility some towns away from mine. My ladies and gentlemen keep me moving and shaking, let me tell you! I think I've done more exercise in the last three weeks than I have in the last three months, and that's not counting the running back and forth across the units. As an activities person, I have been tasked with coming up with activities both interesting and thought-provoking, as my residents ages span several decades, and not all are elderly. (Very few, actually.) Innovative and crafty I may be, but I'm having trouble finding just the right thing to draw people into my groups. I've noticed my 'Altered Book Journal' post seems pretty popular, so I think I'll be shopping for some books at my local Salvation Army so we can cut, glue, paint and paste as our artistic ...