I'm sitting in the Mobile International Airport and I'm feeling a bit lethargic and a tad bit bored. I'm not sure what this work week has for me, but the tasks waiting for me when I return to the office tomorrow keeps racing through my head. I have a feeling it's going to be a--hmmm how shall I put this?--super 'active' week. I guess only time will tell on this one.
On a brighter note, I had a super FANTASTIC time in Mobile. Over the past few days, I've been getting a crash course to the HandsOn Network and what many of the nations affiliates are experiencing in their local chapters. On my last two days in Mobile, I learned about being prepared when a disaster strikes and how to run a Volunteer Reception Center (VRC). I would encourage all my loved ones to come up with a plan in the event of a disaster and get to know your where your local VOAD (Voluntary Organization Active in Disasters) chapter is located. Disasters happen everywhere, so please remove the notion that disasters can't or won't happen to your community. This is not a 'sermon' on living your life in fear, but rather a way to emphasize the realities that, yes, disasters (big & small) happen, but there are ways to prepare yourself and your loved ones before, during, and after the storm. I rather you have the important numbers and not have to use them, than needing the right contacts and not have them.
Okay, now that I'm off my soap box, let me end with two completely random conversations that I overheard at the airport that I thought were funny at the time (but maybe now not so much):
"I ate at the original oyster house in Mobile. Gene, can you spell cheese-grits?"--An airport patron. O, the things you hear in public places.
"Run!!! FASTER you're going to miss it!"--Volleyball player to an Airport attendant
Originally written Halloween Weekend.
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