Monday morning blues

I spent the morning at the dentist, bleurgh, getting a crown I have needed for ...um... seven years (winces). I do not like the dentist. My wallet does not like the dentist.

Couch Update

The static guard was purchased, the couch was sprayed and several lessons were learned.

1. Static guard in large quantities + person with asthma = bad mixture. John will be doing any large static guarding in the future.

2. Static guard keeps the electricity at bay for just under two weeks, the couch has resumed its crackling underneath my butt.

New skills

I have been a little absent of late. This is mostly due to the absence of any free time, which is a wonderful thing and a curse all in one. Firstly, I have had a few visitors this month - Amy came all the way from Blighty to see me. We had a blast: I got to see some of the Washington sights I had yet to visit; we spent two days on the slopes learning to snowboard (Amy) and progressing existing snowboard skills (Me); we caught up on all out gossip. It was so lovely to have her here and I feel quite proud of how I have overcome some of my snow-sports fears' this season. The place felt so empty once Amy left and then along came Steven to fill in the hole. Steven is an undergraduate back at the University of Tennessee who I have been working with. My landlords let him stay upstairs for most of last week and we did our best to work hard at the Musuem all week.

Then there have been the weekends...... every Sunday this month I have been taking a Red Cross course, which finished today. I am now a qualified Red Cross Instructor in First Aid/CPR/AED for Adults, Children, and Infants. Getting up at 8am every Sunday morning has not been my favourite thing in the world but it has been such a rewarding experience. I am apprehensive about teaching my first class but they do prepare us well and it seems amazing that I could teach others skills that could help to save some lives. Anyone need some training?