Update

Well, the start of November brought a new job for me. The Salvation Army has decided to take a different direction with Emergency Disaster Services for the city of Edmonton, placing it under the direction of Edmonton Temple. I have transferred to a new position with the SA, moving over to Community and Family Services in Edmonton. I will be taking on the position of Chilren & Youth Ministries Coordinator there. I'm really excited about the opportunity and the challenges that I know it will bring. This is now my fourth position within the Army since May 2006.

I won't actually be taking on the duties associated with my position until January. Over the next month and a half I will be learning all the ins and outs of C&FS's main downtown location including emergency food hampers, intake, warehouse work, other programs and assisting with Christmas programs in December. Once I do begin children and youth programs in January I will be working mainly out of the satellite offices in the northeast part of Edmonton.

In other news, Saturday afternoon I suddenly became quite sick, and after doing some prelimary research, we placed a call to the local Health Link number. After describing my symptoms to the nurse on the phone I was urged to immediately make a trip to the Emergency Department at the hospital. We arrived at the hospital around 5:20, where I registered and took my place in the waiting room. After about 3 hours, I was finally taken in to a bed to wait for a doctor to see me. The nurse recognised that I had lost a lot of fluids and hooked me up to an I.V. I then waited several more hours to have a doctor decide that I had stomach flu, order some more fluids and then send me home...and in total it only took about 8.5 hours! I've been at home resting and regaining my strength since. I don't get sick often, so I find the few times I do get sick particularly unpleasant.

I am now feeling much better and am looking forward to getting back to work on Wednesday. I spent some time cleaning around the apartment today, doing some laundry and eating real food (yay!). I even went out and got some groceries!! I'M BACK!!!