Day 6

Today is my first kick at the Sky Train. The busses don’t start running up in my area until 7:00 so I know I will be a bit late, but it should be close. After I caught the community bus I took it in opposite direction I arrived at the Lougheed Sky Train station. Here I had 2 choices, 1 was to take the train into town and transfer at Broadway and then a quick trip to Waterfront Station (the same place where I get the West Coast Express). Or I could take it heading out the other way and stay on it as it goes through New Westminister and goes directly to Waterfront. So I chose the onw that you had to transfer as it is about 15 minutes faster. Again I am so pleased with the transit as I made it to work only about 7 minutes late. It again was a slow day but we did have a bit of excitement as our tent got a full sweep by the police. This is done to all of the buildings that are housing any Olympic personnel, so it was our turn. We welcomed 8 officers who proceeded to search every inch of our tent, including under the stanchions (poles with roles between them to help direct the flow of people in our tent), under all the chairs, our computers, the walls and even our portta potty. We were asked to leave the building while some of the search was going on, but we (volunteers) all felt that it was for our safety and were just glad that they are so diligent in their jobs to protect us.

Today I helped 3 media people in my 7 hour shift, boy I can hardly wait for all those elusive media to show up at our tent so that we can really show them how great we are. After my shift I took the sky train back, this time taking the other route, and met a great lady who is from Ottawa and she is in town to volunteer as a driver. She was spending her day off trying to find out where some of the events are going to be held so she can get her charges to where they need to be. I am finding that when you are wearing your bright blue volunteer jackets, you get more people taking to you and other volunteers are drawen to you as you are a safe haven when you are by yourself.

When I arrived home I was happily surprised that my BC family was having a birthday party for me. Nicole and Robbie had helped with the decorations and we had an excellent standing rib roast with all the trimmings (including tons of Yorkshire puddings). I even got to Skype with my Edmonton family and got to see Talia (my granddaughter) who I’m glad has not forgotten who I am. That’s all for now, talk to you soon.