I'm pretty tiered, and pretty sore. Last night we won our first game at 6:30pm and then had another game at 8:30pm. I didn't get home until 10:00 after running some errands. Then this morning I met my car pool at 7:00am instead of 8:00am so we could get off earlier and not have to drive home in the dark in the bad winter weather. So, I'm pretty tiered and pretty sore. Anyway, the games last night were pretty good. We won the first game by a blow out. Our guards played really well and we had lots of fast break points. The second game was really close the whole way, we were down by six at half time but came back to win by six. The other team got in some foul trouble, they had a few players that were chronic hackers, so we had double bonus for about half of the second half. They only had regular bonus in the last 2 minutes. They kept on yelling at the refs about the foul disparity, but it was pretty obvious that they were hacks.
Today I applied for a position that I feel that I have a pretty good shot at. It's called a Hospice support position, but really it's a part time volunteer coordinator and part time administrative assistant. Here is the description of the position:

The Volunteer Coordinator is responsible to support the Hospice and Pediatric Palliative Care Volunteer Program for IHC Hospice of Salt Lake. Will help establish and implement recruitment and retention strategies and activities. Will help maintain a competent volunteer staff through the recruitment and interviewing of applicants who will be sufficient to meet agency needs. Assists with the coordination/placement of volunteers to meet patient, family, and departmental needs. Monitors that volunteers are recording interventions and communications utilizing appropriate forms and procedures consistent with agency record policies. Demonstrates cost effective and proper usage of resources. Demonstrates attitude and behavior, which fosters exceptional customer service. Takes ownership for meeting customer's needs and resolving concerns/issues appropriately. Demonstrates keen problem identification skills and resolution abilities. Demonstrates confidentiality and sensitivity to patient and family rights according to IHC policy. Will be a general support to Volunteer Consultant.


Qualifications
High School diploma or equivalent.

Two years related experience (i.e. customer service, recruitment, office coordination, marketing)
Excellent communication skills.
Excellent interpersonal relations skills.
Basic computer skills.
Previous coordination experience.
Excellent organizational skills and ability to pay attention to detail, prioritize tasks, show initiative and work with minimal supervision
PREFERRED:
Bachelor's degree in related field (Prefer degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, or Health Care related).
Knowledge of Medicare Hospice regulations.
Health care experience.

Previous experience in Home Health/Hospice.
Previous experience as a volunteer.
Previous experience in event planning/coordination.
Previous experience in budget management.

It pays $13.32hr which is pretty decent for here. It will be almost a $2.50hr raise which would be a great help with all that will be happening in the next few months/year. However, I don't have it yet, so we'll see how it goes.
Finally, The Judith has continued her apparent vow of silence, but hopefully she will soon be more willing to share her "feelings" with everyone, like she asked me to do with her so many times when I was younger. So we will continue the collage of THE JUDITH.
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