Today at from 11am to 2pm the Paintsville Rec. Center was the place to be. Elderly participants from Floyd, Martin, and Knott Counties got together for a Bingo Lunch. Knott County was rolling deep - and racked up. I brought five of my participants and they all won Bingo at least once. Keith won four times!!
Like I had mentioned in an earlier blog, I was a little nervous about today. Especially about transporting multiple participants at once. But I found everyone's home, got everyone loaded safely, and made it to Bingo on time (despite me having to stop twice and ask how to get to the rec. center). My participants are so sweet. Flora and Hermie have said they are going to treat me like their own grandaughters and that I can go to them whenever I feel like I need a grandmother. Keith wants me to meet his 22 year old neighbor Ryan, who he describes as a good boy. Keith has cerebral palsy. He's difficult to understand and is in a wheelchair. I've never had to interact with someone with these kinds of disabilities. It was and I'm sure will continue to be a little challenging for me. Nevertheless, we made it through today just fine!
In other news...another new volunteer moved in yesterday. Her name is Jenny. And our names are only the beginning of the list of things we have in common. It is FREAKY how much we have in common: 1. Youngest of 3 children, 2. Ran a half marathon jr. year and haven't done much since, 3. Thinking about teaching school, 4. Don't like peanut butter, 5. Played the tenor sax in high school. 6. Have supported a child through Compassion International. And that's what we've come up with after only 2 days of knowing each other. I'm looking forward to getting to know her. She seems really cool! Obviously! ;-)
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