(Wo)man Down - Day Eighteen
Morning was a fairly usual start, woke up, did my press ups, showered, brushed teeth, dressed, ate, made lunch, packed bag, sat down on my bed and messed with my computer until Marian came to pick us up.
One difference though, today Kristen left us, she just walked out and went away. Okay, not quite like that. We left for the sanctuary before she left, but she's now gone and on a plane, probably right now as I'm typing this.
This meant our time at the sanctuary left us with one helper less.
Now there are three...
There were two...
Then I arrived, making three...
Then Birgitta arrived, making four...
Then Kristen left, leaving three.
It's quite simple maths really.
So when we arrived at the sanctuary, it was cold and windy, very cold actually. Had to put my coat on and keep it on throughout the whole walk to the building.
At the main building, the delivery had not yet arrived but by the time we had gotten upstairs and put our things away, the van came and dropped off the food. It was fruit and veg, like it normally is in the morning. There was quite a considerable amount but we made it through it all for a little bit of a late lunch.
The main obstacle today in completing the delivery was the cucumbers, usually we have quite a few of them arrive, and they are just for the compost, but the wrappings on each one needs to be taken off first. As the cucumbers are out of date, they can tend to be somewhat soft and therefore even more difficult to open. Kristen claims herself as the expert opener of the fruit as she used to be the one always attacking that area of the delivery, but with her lack of presence it meant we were already at a disadvantage. Not only that, but the number delivered was probably four times that of the usual amount and with cold to near freezing weather, our fingers struggled to complete the task. That said, we overcame the obstacles and made it out alive at the other end.
We broke for lunch and then with the expectancy of it been a while before another delivery, we took our cameras out to snap some shots before we had to get back to work. When I got down the stairs and just out of the door, I noticed a stack of four or five crates, full of dairy products. So we put our cameras on the side in the kitchen and started opening the packets.
Upon nearing the end of the crates, in came one of the workers and put some meats into one of the crates we had nearly finished. A quick look outside and there was evidence of the delivery we were originally expecting.
Time passed and then Birgitta just casually mentioned to us that it was ten to four...
We hurried up and cleaned our hands, put our things away, moved the meats outside, got our bags and started walking quickly through the sanctuary to be picked up.
As I was a little faster than the other two, I was able to take a couple of photos of the scenery to give you an idea of what sort of weather we faced.
One difference though, today Kristen left us, she just walked out and went away. Okay, not quite like that. We left for the sanctuary before she left, but she's now gone and on a plane, probably right now as I'm typing this.
This meant our time at the sanctuary left us with one helper less.
Now there are three...
There were two...
Then I arrived, making three...
Then Birgitta arrived, making four...
Then Kristen left, leaving three.
It's quite simple maths really.
So when we arrived at the sanctuary, it was cold and windy, very cold actually. Had to put my coat on and keep it on throughout the whole walk to the building.
At the main building, the delivery had not yet arrived but by the time we had gotten upstairs and put our things away, the van came and dropped off the food. It was fruit and veg, like it normally is in the morning. There was quite a considerable amount but we made it through it all for a little bit of a late lunch.
The main obstacle today in completing the delivery was the cucumbers, usually we have quite a few of them arrive, and they are just for the compost, but the wrappings on each one needs to be taken off first. As the cucumbers are out of date, they can tend to be somewhat soft and therefore even more difficult to open. Kristen claims herself as the expert opener of the fruit as she used to be the one always attacking that area of the delivery, but with her lack of presence it meant we were already at a disadvantage. Not only that, but the number delivered was probably four times that of the usual amount and with cold to near freezing weather, our fingers struggled to complete the task. That said, we overcame the obstacles and made it out alive at the other end.
We broke for lunch and then with the expectancy of it been a while before another delivery, we took our cameras out to snap some shots before we had to get back to work. When I got down the stairs and just out of the door, I noticed a stack of four or five crates, full of dairy products. So we put our cameras on the side in the kitchen and started opening the packets.
Upon nearing the end of the crates, in came one of the workers and put some meats into one of the crates we had nearly finished. A quick look outside and there was evidence of the delivery we were originally expecting.
Time passed and then Birgitta just casually mentioned to us that it was ten to four...
We hurried up and cleaned our hands, put our things away, moved the meats outside, got our bags and started walking quickly through the sanctuary to be picked up.
As I was a little faster than the other two, I was able to take a couple of photos of the scenery to give you an idea of what sort of weather we faced.
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