Well, that's done

And I have yet another computer-generated "certificate of training" to shove in a drawer. (Or in this case, to leave in the course binder with the other papers. Why not?) I felt a little embarrassed that the training sessions did not horrify me as the director seemed to think they would. Yeah, I teared up a bit and in the course of the training decided that I'd not be comfortable working the hotline, but other than that, it was, well, not 'normal' but not unusual either. I was a bit surprised that I decided I wasn't a good candidate for the Hotline - thought I was stable enough for that - but the way that I could identify with the person experiencing the trauma lead me to feel that I won't be detatched enough. Either I'll get emotionally involved during the call, or worse, come home and be useless to friends or family. So I'm going to help in other ways and maybe approach the hotline from the side. :)

I got to put a plug in for the rape-pervention training that Educaitlin used to teach. :) And I showed the woman who was looking for volunteers to help with the children's program how to fold a book from a single sheet of paper. It's funny - after so many demos, we take it for granted. I'd forgotten how many things SCA folks take for granted that others don't kow about. I was the only one in the room who knew what 'the rule of thumb' was - but I knew it from Anglo-Saxon law and the instructor knew it from US history. Made us both smile at each other.

Tomorrow, I've got to get caught up on the stuff that's been sitting around here waiting for me to get done with this training. I sort of dropped everything. Which is good, because the next training session won't happen until maybe January. I'd like to be already in place and useful by then.