Be Prepared

Yesterday I took a CPR/AED/First Aid course at the hospital. It was a foggy morning and I left later than I had hoped. When I got to the hospital, I realized that I had arrived at the old hospital and the class was at the brand new hospital, which I had never been to and, further more, I had no clear idea where it was. I just continued to drive past the old hospital, and soon saw a blue sign with an H on it. I drove on and on, too far I thought, until the big hospital sign loomed up out of the fog. I turned in, parked, and went in the first door I saw. There was a piece of paper hanging up with "CPR" and an arrow on it. I went through one door and there was the classroom. People were inside, but the door was locked. I was early. There was another meeting going on. I still don't know how that happened.

Finally we got in the room. I turned out that my friend Linda and I were the only ones to show up for the class. The instructor was a friend of Linda's and a pretty funny guy. We had to practice with these dummies on the floor. Now I'm no spring chicken and my knees are not that great. I sometimes say that the reason I'm a teacher is that it enables me to have lots of little people around to pick up stuff I've dropped. But Linda is 20 years older than me. We made a pack to help each other up off the floor, so it worked out. I was glad when we got to the baby dummies, which we could do on the tabletop.

Linda and I went out for lunch, then in the afternoon we did the first aid part. Another student joined us for that part, but she must have been even older than Linda! Luckily no more getting down on the floor. But it was hard to stay awake after lunch. When I got home I started to feel all the aches and pains from moving my body in ways it is just not used to moving. And my knees are still sore today.

In two weeks I'll have the card that says I completed this course, which is required for Indiana Certification. One more step down.

I'm trying to get my house cleaned before Mary and Family visits next week. I'm also working on leveling books for my classroom library. In between naps. If you wanted to know how my doctor's appointment went, too bad. It was rescheduled to Monday.