A Comedy of Errors

Yesterday I took my group on a tour of Cedar Rapids. This shall henceforth be known as C. Rap because it sounds cooler. We went to Best Buy, Target & Starbucks. It was the first time one of my members had been to a SuperTarget so we made sure to take a commemorative photo in front of the store before entering. Inside, I officially went over our food budget by $17 purchasing necessities like lunch meat and not-so-necessities like Funfetti brownie mix. My bad. On the way to C. Rap, we stopped off in the town of Brandon for a photo op in front of Iowa's biggest Frying Pan. I love how this photo shows a mix of facial expressions ranging from sheer joy to "why did you pull me out of the van for a photo in front of this dumb frying pan?"


For dinner I made a vegetarian risotto for the group and facilitated a riveting game of Apples to Apples, during which time I needed to bow out early so D.J. could drive me to the hospital. Why, you ask? For the last 2 days I've had some irritation in my right eye like I had an eyelash or something stuck in there. Finally I couldn't deal with it anymore. At first I felt silly going to the hospital, but when the receptionist said something to the effect of "holy cow, that doesn't look good," I thought perhaps my visit was justified. Next, a nurse proceeded to numb my eyeball with drops, grab the lid, flip that sucker upside down, shoot colored saline into my eyehole, and shine a black light on it. Turns out I have a corneal abrasion in the shape of the big dipper. They gave me some antibiotics and a gauze round. Apparently they don't issue pirate patches anymore.

Today we had some training and I took the team on a tour of Vinton. On my way to the van, I slipped down a muddy hill in front of my peeps and had to run back to my room to change. On the way, a van of NCCC'ers rode by laughing and pointing at my soggy bottom. Warranted. At dinner our meatballs took an outrageously long time to cook. In fact, a few people eventually gave up waiting and left to get take-out. While washing the dishes I spilled scalding hot water all over my jeans. So yes, this has been an eventful 2 days. LOL Sunday will involve a lot of paperwork and planning. But no matter how chaotic things seem, I still feel like I'm learning a ton and being super-productive. I love this job, and can't help laugh off these comically ridiculous failures. It's good stuff, people.