8/13: Sometimes the whole week is a manic Monday

Quick rundown of what I do for a living in case you don't know:
I visit all our recipients to Meals on Wheels. I perform assessments of their living situation, their mental capacity, their abilities to perform daily tasks, their health, and I also weigh them. I then of course have to follow up with a typed assessment and then follow-up with any referrals to services they may need which can range from obtaining assistance with cleaning their house to getting them a fan or some new clothes. It's highly rewarding and I LOVE getting out of my office and meeting with them face to face. I'm always looking for ways to improve my interactions and to get the most out of them. It's a fun and definitely challenging job. I took over the entire responsibilty for all Spokane Meals on Wheels recipients from the county in January..and I'm still playing clean-up. I have to see everyone within two weeks and I try to see everyone at least every six months (three months for frail, and one month for incredibly frail). When I took over there were loads of recipients that have never been seen. I have been waiting for the perfect time when things calmed down to get to those people, but as soon as I just said "Screw it..let's do this! Let's see these people!" we had TWENTY new people sign on and THIRTEEN people were up for their reassessments..talk about BUTTLOADS of people to see in a short amount of time. So the past two weeks have been non-stop. I see about 4-6 people a day and have been behind on paperwork because usually I allow at least one day a week devoted to getting paperwork done and getting referrals taken care of. But with people going on vacation and me having to step up and put my job aside..I'm about a week behind!!! I feel like I have a permanent relationship with my briefcase...my example of my mobile office..

In my "briefcase" (ahem "stolen laptop bag from Brand"...) I carry my fancy binder (PAH! fancy is not in the non-profit dictionary) that holds my assessments and surveys, multiple pens, new and incorrect business cards (yup I'm a MSW according to my business card..cheapest degree ever!), multiple flyers, brochures etc on services, and my favorite...a fancy scale (yup..fancy is not being sarcastic here..it's pretty sweet). So that thing is heavy...that scale..needs a scale to tell it to lose some weight. Anywho...there she is...my life...ahhh sigh.
On top of all this I'm in charge of distributing cat and dog food to not only our homebound seniors but other seniors in Spokane. I don't really have time for it now..but those doggies and kitties can't wait so this Saturday they'll be getting another delivery..and they'll never know the stress and swear words I spent on it. And that's ok..because I love my seniors and I love their doorbells..I mean their dogs...(seriously though.. I see the cutest dogs..picture this a black lab..basset hound mix! so sweet and adorable! I may steal him)
Plus after a bad day I get to come home to this..

Yes he is wearing my red flats. No he didn't put them on himself. Yes I think it's funny. No Brand does not. And yes, Dexter always looks this pathetic.