Around the Office

Legacy Room Update

Normally we use our Legacy room for births, but this past week we helped a service member plug into another special event; his son’s championship football game. I have to admit that it took some finagling by quite a few individuals to figure out how to work the site, but he was able to watch, and watch a victory at that! Another example of exciting technology; for a small fee,  having the opportunity to be able to watch your son’s high school football game live! I remember when my dad deployed in 2004, our team ended up mailing him a tape of our soccer matches. A bit more delayed might you say?

Mouse Friends

A mouse has tried to make our office home recently. He is a smart little critter too. While I have yet to see the mouse, he has been taunting my colleagues Jocelyn and Neelum.  Now a mouse in the Red Cross office is one thing. We just make good use of plastic Tupperware and make sure everything is sealed properly. A mouse on an aircraft is another. One of our volunteers is a mechanic, and he told us that if a mouse is on an airplane it doesn’t fly till it’s out…dead or alive.  Their little teeth can munch through wires, break equipment and wreak all kinds of havoc. So anything is fair game to get them out, in this particular instance they made good use of a power washer. 

Firemen

I happened to be the lucky one on shift when the smoke detector in our hallway started to sing a lovely tune. My initial reaction should have been to call the fire department, but there was no smoke. I ran to our canteen crossing my fingers nothing was on fire. And everything appeared normal. Luckily I wasn’t alone in the office, a service member tried to help me shut it off, but even with the battery out, it just kept going. Turns out it was hard wired to the building. I learned this after finally opting to call the fire department. The interesting tidbit to this whole story was that the firemen looked more like astronauts than anything else. They had very large silver shiny suits, like someone had wrapped them in aluminum foil. A little paranoia has set in about fires; I now feel like a see or smell smoke almost every night. I think that the smell of smoke blows through our vents, causing me unnecessary stress!