It's been a good day over here. I was up early to drive over to Benalla for an SES course in acting as a Community Education Facilitator - so, someone who can take a lead in educating community groups about flooding and disaster preparation, arrange and conduct doorknocks, and otherwise generally help the public to handle disasters better. It'll certainly make me a better volunteer and the skills are highly transferrable, do everybody wins. As an added bonus, the course was taught by Sue, the wife of Ian who I shared the motel rom with on the NSW deployment. He sent his greetings, and it felt great to know I have friends in the service!
The course was quite an intense one, and maybe had a little more material than could comfortably be covered in a single day. But, I got a lot out of it and I'm looking forward to doing the two practical assessments we've been asked to do.
I should say that we touched on the use of the Service mascot, Paddy the Platypus. Someone had got the mascot suit out, I guess in case it was significant. I'm not sure if it was intended, but to me Paddy looked like he was sulking!
After training finished, I stopped in at the Anytime Fitness in Benalla for a quick workout to counteract the lot of food I'd eaten during training. Benalla is quite a bit smaller a gym than the one in Shepparton, and not quite as well equipped, but very clean and warm. I must remember it next time I go over there for SES.
After I'd got a workout in, I stopped for fuel and at the supermarket. It's the old boy's birthday today, but I was honestly stumped for a present for him. In the absence of any ideas, I stopped and at least got him a cake (chocolate mud cake if you're wondering). He was actually dead pleased by this, so I'm calling it a win!
Not much else to report. Getting a somewhat early night tonight. Hope you're all doing well!
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