Long Days, Short Nights

I guess I didn’t sleep very well last night. I was dragging through most of the morning. We went to the Lutheran Children and Family Services (LCFS) office located in St. Paul’s Lutheran today. We all got ID Badges so I guess that makes us official now. We met a lot of people including Lynn, who will be Brittany’s and my supervisor for the summer. Good first impression. We also got a schedule of the “Too-Can” day camp we will be helping in. If I were in elementary school I would definitely want to attend this camp. Every Thursday we will be going on trips to various places in the city. There is also swimming time every day!

After our visit at LCFS we went to a thrift shop to pick up some more items for the apartment, mostly just kitchen supplies. It was a really great store though. There was a huge selection of furniture. We went to a Mexican Restaurant for lunch that was pretty decent and had some interesting conversation. I told Bill about my Catcom experience and he thought that investing in a camera and some editing equipment might be beneficial for the summer. If that could be our special project I would be very excited. The other idea is presenting disaster response and preparedness to the kids, though I don’t know how well that would go over.

After lunch we went to a meeting of Liberty Lutheran Services of Philadelphia which is the umbrella company that LCFS is affiliated with. LLS does lots of other ministries for people of all ages. LCFS handles children and middle ages while they have a few other places that are geared for elderly and elderly with health issues. It was really good to finally figure out how LLS works. They talked mostly about branding the company and decided that each of the affiliate companies should have their own angle of advertising rather than branding Liberty as a whole.

We were moved into a different apartment with a working shower. It’s just down the hall so it wasn’t much of a hassle. However this apartment has its own set of issues. The refrigerator does not fit into the cabinetry and is sitting in the middle of the room. Not to mention that it smells like rotting fish inside. Also, the brand new over is not hooked up. I would consider attempting to set it up if it was possible for me to move it. I’m not as strong as I look. There is no wireless to steal in this apartment; either that or they are on to me. My start screen has turned into an advertisement for EarthLink WiFi. If you are reading this on the internet then that means I broke down and paid for the service.

We also fulfilled our duty as typical white college students and played some Frisbee in the front parking lot. Only hit one car and there was no damage.