Another Friday :)

I often don't know what to entitle these postings!! It probably shows :) Any way... two completions today at the centre to report for you: the most recent 'starter' has now completed 15 sessions of oxygen treatment, so well done to her - it is quite a time-consuming under-taking! I believe she will start to come regularly once per week now, in one of the slots. I think she has an idea of which one. And also Andrew, one of the 4 volunteers who came to the centre several weeks ago now (maybe longer, I can't keep up with time...), did his final training session and is now a No. 2 Operator. He is a very competent young man and will make a great addition to our team of Operators. I have no doubt he will probably go on to train as a No. 1 Operator, which is great (the more we have, the better).

Off those 4 new potential volunteers, two have stayed with us (Andrew and Catherine), and the other two have not. Which is a shame because all four of them seemed very eager and enthusiastic when I met them. Almost positive it wasn't anything I said! :) This happens from time to time though, and I have been told, always has done. I think back to when I first started volunteering, and how I could've easily just 'disappeared' back into the woodwork never to be seen at the centre again... It would've been the easier thing to do... I am so glad I stuck with it though.

Very quiet again at the centre, with just Charlotte holding the fort down out of the members of staff. Another volunteer, Ruth who helps in the office, seems to have been given the task of finding out what a whole load of mis-matched old keys are for. for the past 2 or 3 weeks she has been wandering around the place trying to discover what these keys are for. I think it is quite obvious that a few of them are from the old building, before HMSTC moved to it's current location, and try as she might, she just won't find locks for them... Oh well, seems to be keeping her busy...

Hoping for a couple of good Saturday sessions tomorrow - best wishes to all -

Rod