After my sandwich break, I needed to
get to the business of interacting with a lot of people. I needed
engage with people and ask them the favor of swapping watches with me
at the last minute. It was awful, but I did my best at it.
It wasn't very effective. I finally had
to get with Mike, the guy who handles the lobby watches, to take care
of my shift that night and I knew I'd still be spending most of the
next day taking care of my Sunday shifts.
The next issue was getting an overnight pass from a caseworker. They're pretty strict about curfew. I guess they don't want guys skulking around at night and doing drugs. Daryl was out for the weekend. The
thing is that there aren't any caseworkers here on weekends, so you
can't get an overnight pass on a weekend. Plus it was Memorial Day
Weekend, so it'd be Tuesday before anyone came back. Down here, you
gotta be nimble to take advantage of opportunities that come up and
holidays are not nimble.
Fortunately, Brandi was there late. Is
three pm late? Whatever the case, she wasn't sure on the overnight
working paperwork, but Yesbert, the house coordinator, was familiar with
it and helped us through it.
I also made some handwritten copies of
my schedule to distribute to Dennis, the chore coordinator, and my
case worker. It didn't occur to me that that half of that schedule
would have passed by the time Dennis saw it, but I was lucky to get
anything done.
It sounds really easy, but there was a
lot of running around and anxiety about it. Everyone I've mentioned
and at least that many people who are unnamed were performing their
own duties, trying to get away for the weekend, or trying to get work
of their own.
Worth it though.
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