Wow! I guess Monday night sites in general are rough... Yes, I left a message on the "late arrivals line" before teaching my first class, and I got a voice mail back from the PADS coordinator who advised that St. Isidore's was fill, but that "the Wheaton site" had reserved a pad for me. "The Wheaton site" was Trinity Episcopal, a no vehicles site.
Once you are lottoed out of the individual, vehicles allowed site, you might be sent to a family or no vehicle site. So this was a new site to me. I'm sorry I arrived late (less sorry that I left early) because I never really saw the place fully lit.
We were in a big hall - maybe an old sanctuary (the ceiling was domed) or maybe it was always a fellowship hall. The wood floor was very creaky (I learned on trips to th he bathroom). The pads were the new thick types, bet the barrier between the men's and women's side reminded me of the old movie "It Happened One Night."
On the women's side of the sheets were a couple of kids, including one pouter and one screamer. On the men's side was a variety of noise, including one guy having an off and on conversation in his sleep.
My nifty new Timex told me that I was wide awake until after midnight, and then helped me ring in 1 am, 2 am, 3 am and 4 am (though I slept between them.) The Indigo feature was not needed, since even with "lights out" I think I could have read the book I had left in my van... along with thr headphones to my mp3 player.
I got up at 5:15, and going to the bathroom wasn't just a shuffley walk, but also a walk down a flight of stairs and another shuffley walk. By the time I got back, another attempt at sleep was not worth it.
Rather than wait around, I grabbed a lunch and headed out. I slept better at Costaldo Park than I did last night! I just had my "lunch" as a late breakfast. Someone decorated the bag.
I've spent most of the past few hours working on a UKC Nosework Trial that won't be run until next March. I have a few more things to get done... a diagram of the trial site, and a premium for the trial... and keep track of the votes from our club members. This is all in addition to the trial we are running on October 10 & 11.
And that's the news from the homeless at the Woodridge Public Library.