WORK, WORK, WORK in Postcards 4

Two days a week, a measly six hours a week, I dress in something I hope I cannot ruin and go to work. I volunteer at the ACS Discovery Shop. I’m sure you know this as I have told you hundreds of times.

I love Wednesdays. That’s the day I’m the book lady. Joe prices the books. He’s my third pricer. Joan took longer, and her decisions weren’t so arbitrary. So he sorts the books and even puts some out in the wrong places which are a constant source of hair pulling on my part. Biographies are not fiction. And too, I need to go through his discard boxes. Many aren’t.

I’ve learned to relax. It was hard.

Fridays I sort. One thing that makes it tolerable is that I work with two other OCD volunteers both days, Bob, and Linda. Sorting the donations used to be a fraction more fun. Now so many things come in that I let the mess swamp me. I need to relax on Fridays too. Just because a homeless lady picked up damp clothes on the beach and brought them to us doesn’t mean we have to take them. Dirty smelly clothes are NO too. Dirty stuffed animals are a NO also no matter how cute they are.

I’ve been known to take something to the cleaners. I’ve been caught popping an old quilt into my washing machine. It won’t sell if it is dirty.

Every day, I post to Facebook for the store. Corporate wants us to post many “Making Strides for Breast Cancer” flyers, posters, front window pictures et al right now. I’ve snuck a few other pictures in too. I’ll be there next week, but the week after I will be hugging my other daughter. Facebook does enable timed release posts.

That’s me, I WORK at being timed release.

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• Himself: Please stop by and see his pictures. Today:Lightbulbs and Legos for Poolie. Playing games for himself.


• Herself: Writing here….and there…and these days it seems everywhere. Frightened of the blood test results tomorrow. I confess to eating Carbs this month.


• Reading: Moving on to the next book.


• Captain Poolie: Off the steroids and not eating again.


• Gratitude’s: That it’s cool and sunny right now.