June 18

Today seemed like it was going to be a typical day at the senior center. Lynn taught her exercise class and while she did that I made the senior centers calendar for next month. When she was done with that, someone came in for a lecture, and she brought along a former New York Giant! Everyone got to meet him, takes pictures, and touch his Super Bowl trophy and ring. It was really exciting and he was a really nice guy. Once all the craziness and excitement was over, it was time for lunch. Everything went smoothly, especially since the new woman Jenny has begun getting the hang of things in the kitchen. 

June 17

Today was a little different than most days. Lynn decided to hold a "swap meet" where all the seniors were invited to bring belongings they no longer wanted to swap with others and get new things. Before all of this though, we had a usual day. Lynn taught her exercise class and then we set everything up for lunch. The food was hard to clean up, but Jackie and I know how to do it quickly now. Then at one o'clock the fun began. Jackie and I set up tables and chairs for everyone. Each person got to pick a number from 1-20 and were called up in order to pick what they wanted to trade, that way everything would stay organized. Once that was over our day was done. 

June 14

Today was a crazy day since there's always so much extra food delivered to the senior center on Fridays. For some reason, we got less food than we had last week so we were able to manage all of it with ease. There's a new woman who was hired to work in the kitchen, and having any extra person to help out makes a big difference. It made me feel like a pro since I had to tell her what to do and where everything was, even though I would still consider myself new at this. Once we did all of that, Lynn taught her exercise class. Then it was time for lunch. There was a lot of hot food, so cleaning took awhile. 

June 12

Today we spent most of the day getting ready to sell tickets for an Atlantic City trip. They were going on sale at ten. Debbie handed out numbers to

those interested so it wouldn't be as crazy when we sold them. Once it was ten, we sat at a table and one by one the people were called. We wrote down their name, cell phone number, and an emergency contact number. When they paid their twenty three dollars we gave them their ticket. When that was done we began setting up for lunch and were able to get everything done rather quickly. 

June 11

Today we began with trying to figure out how to begin cleaning out a large supply closet in the dining room. There's a lot of clutter, and it would take a lot of time to figure out how to fix it all up. Unfortunately, since bingo is played in the dining room, it would be difficult to fully work on it because we would disrupt their game. After that Lynn began to teach her exercise class. There was supposed to be an assembly woman coming to the center to give a lecture to

the seniors, but she was unable to come at the last minute. So to improvise, Lynn told us to have a "tech talk" where we would answer any questions the seniors had on technology. I helped one woman add contacts into her cell phone since she didn't know how to do it herself. Then it was time for lunch. It was all hot food so clean up took awhile today. Lucky for us, a senior named Walter brought in some of his leftover chocolate

birthday cake (which was delicious)!

June 10

Today I first showed Lynn all of our pom pictures because she was so excited to see them! For a little while we talked all about prom. Then I cut tickets that are going to be sold for the seniors to go on an Atlantic City trip. Then I had to go to cvs for Lynn because they ran completely  out of copy paper. After that Jackie and I cleaned out a cabinet in the supply closet. There were a lot of things we didn't know what to do with, so it felt as though we didn't get much done. Finally it was time for lunch. Everything was cold, so there were less things to clean.

June 5

Today we had to make more copies of their calendar on legal paper, but we forgot to tell the copy machine that. I made fifty copies and parts of information on each paper was missing. Luckily it was only missing a few things, so Jackie and I were able to just write them in. Then we made a sign for the bathrooms because starting tomorrow, there will be construction on the men's bathroom. Afterwards, we set up for lunch. We almost didn't have enough food for everyone! But luckily we had JUST enough. 

June 4

Today was a little different from every other day. Usually the same person calls out the numbers for bingo, but he was not coming into the center, so Jackie and I had to call them out. It doesn't seem like a big deal, but those seniors take their bingo very seriously. It was easy once I got the hang of things. I had to remember to be loud so the whole room would be able to hear everything I was calling out. This was going on while Lynn was teaching her exercise class, so we didn't take part in it today. Then it was time for lunch, so we had to set everything up once we were done with bingo. Everything went smoothly for the day!

June 3

Today I performed mostly office work. I made copies, typed something up, and folded papers. Then Jackie and I spent a lot of time reorganizing two file cabinets. They were extremely messy and had so much junk thrown around everywhere. One drawer probably had thirty different decks of cards. Others had old papers and notebooks shoved in them. We were able to clean them all and make things organized. Once that was done, we set up for lunch. It was simple today because there were a few people missing and we didn't have to serve as many seniors as usual.