Last Day with Sister - Workcampers -- (Troy, MO)

I was up early to go with my sister to Columbia, MO, about an hour and a half away.  She was helping out an organization called P.E.T. Project from her church.   P.E.T.  stands for Personal Energy Transport. They had a P.E.T. at the church for a month and needed to return it.  The owner gave us a tour around the place where they build them, which is manned totally by volunteers.  It's amazing and I was quite taken aback with what goes on with it. 

The owner came up with idea of this three wheeler for children and adults that don't have legs.  They either were born without legs, or had polio, or lost them in wartime from a landmine.  He had pictures of some of the people that received these scooters.  They are sent to 82 countries. The cost is $250 apiece.  Churches raise money along with other communities and businesses.  The cost to send one to other countries are quite high, so money also goes toward shipping costs.

I knew of Habitat for Humanity, but I didn't know about this organization.  It was really neat to go through the shop and see how they're made.  The trip was well worth our time, and it opened my eyes about a unique way to help others. Thanks Doris for taking me.   Here's the link.  www.giftofmobility.org

We are moving tomorrow, so I got the refrigerator ready for moving and a couple drawers that are loose that keep coming open during our moves. I never get out a lot of stuff so it doesn't take long to get ready to move.  Jim took care of some of the outside stuff like checking and airing up all the tires on the truck and the RV.  We have one tire on the RV that loses about five pounds  of air per week.  We made an appointment for tomorrow morning at a tire ship in nearby Troy to have it repaired.

I helped Sis walk the dogs this afternoon. They're so use to me now that they know exactly what I'm going to do. It takes me a bit longer to get their collars on for the leashes so they stay put in one place for me.  I'm going to miss walking them.  No, I don't want one thank you.  It's just too much work, and I like sleeping in, and don't like getting out in the rain to walk them.

Later in the afternoon I got this email from a worker at a national park:


"It's amazing the work ethics of young people.  We have had four new employees just up and leave in the middle of the night.  They don't even tell their room mate, just leave their uniforms and ID cards in the middle of their bed.  Today it caused our dispatcher to drive a tour because another driver left in the middle of the night.  With jobs hard to come by these days you'd think a contract to work with bonuses would be great.    What's up with people!!!
 
The lady across the way from us just left in the middle of the night in her rig.  I had talked to her about a week ago while she was in training and her complaint was the dorm she is in for one night didn't have a hot shower in her room.  They were still opening the dorm and they all had to go and use the public showers.    Can't we adjust for one night? 

We had another stressed over the fact that our uniform shirts are men's and they button on the wrong side?  I guess I am just amazed at what people do. "

This is becoming a real problem.  I know sometimes there's legitimate reasons people have to leave early.  I can understand if you just can't get along with the boss, when you're a volunteer there's no need to stay if there's contention, but not for these reasons.  I know some people that get unemployment don't want to work because they get paid more by staying at home, but once you sign a contract what's up with not staying with it? 

We're ready to roll. I sure will miss Sis, but she's going to be real busy with training the next few weeks. It's time to play with grand kids now that they're out of school.  We'll be back in Illinois tomorrow.