Yeah, it's Friday! So, new things about ERIN'S WORK...
He promises to write more about the meeting the other night, but we have been busy. He has been having a great time at work, but is starting to get a bit sick of driving. He has been out in the field (South Fork area - about 45 min) almost everyday this week and will be most of next week as well. He needs to get the 15 sites checked out before it gets to cold outside. (People say it can snow by the end of September and the first big snow hits at Halloween.) He can make it to about 2 sites a day is all. So, work, work, work in the field. I hope he gets his fill because I don't know how much he will go out in the winter.
HOUSE STUFF...
We had our first house meeting. It was good to gather together as the unit for the year and discuss how we wanted the house to run. We are planning on having a house meeting weekly, which will, most weeks, not be too long. After the meeting we are going to have game time or Bible study/worship time on alternating weeks. I am excited about this because I think it will be one more step to bringing everyone together. We'll eat meals 3 times a week together and fend for ourselves the rest of the week, which means that I only cook one night and clean up one night. FANTASTIC! We also picked our chore for the year - unless we get tired of doing it. My chore is "kitchen facilitator" :) I love that title. It just means that for the most part I sweep and mop floors and make sure the fridge is wiped out, but if there needs to be a big cleaning day, I am allowed to ask others to help. Jeremy is "yardwork facilitator" and trash man. He is in charge of taking out the trash weekly and keeping an eye on the yardwork. If there is a large task, he shoudl ask others to help. Claire is dusting and watering plants; Jeff is in charge of keeping all floors clean - except the kitchen. So, anyway, I think things went well, and I look forward to being an official unit.
- I was taught how to do daily summaries - journal entries about the finances of each business. I know to most of you this sounds boring, but I enjoyed another task to help in the office. I also liked to race myself to see how fast I could type numbers - I know, I'm a geek, but so are some of you :)
- I met with the college kids at Milagros Coffeehouse - as well as Randall (manager) and Steve (my afternoon boss) - about advertising and marketing. I think it will be a pretty good relationship. The advertising class will get to design an ad for "The Grizzly" (Adams State College's paper) about the month of November being "Adams State College Appreciation Month" where students will get a 20% discount all month. I think the students will be excited about that.
- I think that I will - for the most part - be working out of the main office on advertising (i.e. flyers, brochures, etc) for the businesses. Then, I can help Rhonda (office manager) out in the office with various things.
- Today (Friday) and yesterday Rhonda and I worked on getting a mass mailing out (5,000 pieces of mail). I know this sounds easy, but it's not. There
are some people that stuff the envelopes by matching the name on the letter to the name on the envelope. Then they are passed onto us. We have to sort the mail by 1) Valley mail, 2) Colorado - out of the Valley - mail, and 3) out of state mail. This is a pretty tedious thing and my eyes are a little bleery from looking at all the zip codes. Crazy, but a fun race against the clock. This is a picture of my desk. I have a pile for out of state, Colorado, Alamosa, La Jara, Monte Vista, Del Norte, the Valley, and the unsorted mail tray. It is hard to take a break when you are totally surrounded. We have 1,000 more to do on Monday. I would not want to do this everyday - be sure to thank your postmaster for the work s/he does!
He promises to write more about the meeting the other night, but we have been busy. He has been having a great time at work, but is starting to get a bit sick of driving. He has been out in the field (South Fork area - about 45 min) almost everyday this week and will be most of next week as well. He needs to get the 15 sites checked out before it gets to cold outside. (People say it can snow by the end of September and the first big snow hits at Halloween.) He can make it to about 2 sites a day is all. So, work, work, work in the field. I hope he gets his fill because I don't know how much he will go out in the winter.
HOUSE STUFF...
We had our first house meeting. It was good to gather together as the unit for the year and discuss how we wanted the house to run. We are planning on having a house meeting weekly, which will, most weeks, not be too long. After the meeting we are going to have game time or Bible study/worship time on alternating weeks. I am excited about this because I think it will be one more step to bringing everyone together. We'll eat meals 3 times a week together and fend for ourselves the rest of the week, which means that I only cook one night and clean up one night. FANTASTIC! We also picked our chore for the year - unless we get tired of doing it. My chore is "kitchen facilitator" :) I love that title. It just means that for the most part I sweep and mop floors and make sure the fridge is wiped out, but if there needs to be a big cleaning day, I am allowed to ask others to help. Jeremy is "yardwork facilitator" and trash man. He is in charge of taking out the trash weekly and keeping an eye on the yardwork. If there is a large task, he shoudl ask others to help. Claire is dusting and watering plants; Jeff is in charge of keeping all floors clean - except the kitchen. So, anyway, I think things went well, and I look forward to being an official unit.
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