*I had some socks and her new shampooed wig to deliver to Mom this morning, so I stopped off and got them to her before I headed to work. I also took some time to weigh her, take her blood pressure and heart rate, and check her oxygen level. They do this all as part of her care at Kindred, but we also like to keep our own records as well.
*My Gear Up students do various tests on Jackass Creek that runs alongside and through Kellogg High School as part of their service learning project each year. It was an absolutely perfect day to be outside doing this project. Some classes did Biological Assessments such as identifying macro-vertebrates, looking at the micro-habitats, and observing the stream habitat type, the plant cover and algae cover of the stream. Other students did Physical/Chemical analysis, which included measuring stream depth, stream flow, stream velocity, pH, chloride and oxygen levels of the stream, and observing the color and odor of the stream.
Testing the water next to KHS
*Most of the day at work was spent on preparing for our upcoming Scholarship Awards Assembly. It is so exciting being a part of helping students obtain funding to attend college and receive a post-secondary education.
*I met with a few parents tonight whose students are attending the Gear Up Youth Summit this summer to go over information with them. I am unable to attend this year. Ss the six students attending, plus my daughter Cosette, who will be their chaperone, load a bus to go to Pocatello to spend a week at Idaho State University, I will be driving to the Spokane airport to start my journey to Italy.
*After being at KHS all day, I finally arrived home around 6:30 p.m., and Paul had made dinner, some spaghetti with white sauce and smoked oysters, some red sauce, Kale salad and bread. It was delicious.
*I needed some dirt therapy tonight, so I decided it was time to plant my tomato plants. I had looked up online if there were any secrets to planting tomato plants, and there was so I thought, let’s put some extra items in the planting hole and see if they work. When I filled the containers with soil, I layered the potting soil with compost. Then I dug the hole, and put baking soda, Epsom Salt and Bone Meal in the hole. Then once the tomato was planted, I added some slow releasing fertilizer and mixed in it as well. Since it isn’t quite warm enough during the evening, I decided to bring out my water wells to cover the plants, creating a mini greenhouse of protection around them until the nights warm up a little bit more. I hope this yields some delicious tomatoes this summer.
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