My last day as manager May 30

Today is Tuesday and my last full day as manager at Gautier. Kathryn will be taking over for 2 weeks until a permanent person gets there. But I'm leaving her with an issue. Mon afternoon we couldn't seem to keep the air conditioners going. Today was worse as circuit breakers weren't popped but I couldn't reset the GFI's. I made a phone call and we decided there was a power problem. I called the electric company and he discovered that the wires at the base of the meter were burned out on one side. All the insulation was burned off. So we only had power in half of the outlets Tues night and Wed. Thankfully the refrigerators and freezers were running okay. Every other outlet didn't have power. Men's showers had lights but the women's showers had no lights. There were no lights for the driveway or open area in the middle of the village.

I thought what a problem to leave the new manager!! But there was an electrician at another of the villages so they came on Wed and replaced the wiring. Power was restored to the village. It was hot these last couple days. The groups at their work sites worked on homes without any air conditioning. But the breezes come in mid-afternoon which make the day more pleasant or tolerable even with the humidity.

One of the pleasant things I got to do before I left was purchase 2 new gas grills. A lady had come down with memorial money from her husband's death recently and I was to buy things for the village. We had gotten the lawn weeder/mower earlier. When the village gets to be capacity for volunteers, we need several grills to be able to cook for everyone.

Then I also arranged to get a new garage door for an elderly, disabled lady. She was living in a FEMA trailer but she can move into her house now as the work has been done. Garage door was ruined so she needed a new door and opener. She had no money so I used some of the gift cards I had for Lowes to pay for it. She was so appreciative as she wanted the security of the door opener. She said her dad was a Presbyterian but I didn't ask where or if she went to church somewhere. When she comes to the village, she drives up to the gate and honks her horn and I know who it is.

I needed to get my suitcases packed as I leave Wed morning. I did have power in my trailer so I had lights. We so easily take some things for granted. I will add one more report about my trip home back to Oregon.

Phyllis