Tally

Yesterday at work I went through my binder to tally up exactly how many different scripts I have for when I'm making a reservation for someone. And the grand total is:

23

"Liz speaking...

... where would you like to reserve?"

As of tomorrow, I will be trained to receive calls for:

-Ontario Provincial Parks [76]
-Ontario Backcountry trips [9]
-Conservation Areas (for regions of: Thames, Grand River and Toronto) [13]
-Haliburton Highlands Water Trails
-Nova Scotia Provincial Parks [20]
-Nova Scotia Backcountry trips [1 park; hiking, kayaking and 2 roofed facilities]
-Washington State Parks [58ish]

I do not think Camis can train me on anything else for the summer. I started working on April 30th and I am only now officially completing training. Wow!

Now, for your reading enjoyment, I could go into all the different policies for all the different parks and types of accommodations (ie. campsite, backcountry, yurts, cabins, cottages, group facilities and marina slips), but that would take a lot of your time, considering I can count at least 15 different scriptings I use (and I know I'm forgetting a few). Fun, eh?

One thing I will mention is this. If you are planning on going camping and you do not know exactly what date, park and site you would like, check the websites first or call the information line (for camping in Ontario, it is 1-800-ONTARIO). Then call me and I promise I will be very friendly and polite!

One last thing. I do enjoy my job. I enjoy talking to different people and I enjoy my co-workers.

And to put a smile on the faces of my co-workers...

"Unfortunately Sandbanks is full for the entire summer. [...] Yes, completely booked!"

I've Decided...

I've made the decision. I'm going to purchase a Macbook.
Thanks to those who gave me good advice!

They're coming out with a new operating system in October, so I may wait. But I'm definitely excited about this! AND, I've picked up 4 extra shifts and a few hours on top of that this month to put towards it! Woot woot!

Poverty

I received an email today from the President of Campus Crusade for Christ Canada. What he shared in the email really gripped my heart. Here it is:

30% of the 260,000 men, women and children who survived the holocaust are now living in poverty.

Wow. That means approximately 78 000 holocaust survivors are living in poverty. These individuals lived through one of the most horrific ordeals of all time and as if that was not enough pain to go through, life is still difficult because many of them lack many things I have that I take for granted. I've been sitting here thinking about that for a few minutes and I really have no words to express how I feel about it.

Campus Crusade for Christ in Canada wants to offer support to people by providing for their physical needs. If you are interested in being a part of that, you can go to the giving website.

Here is what they are doing:

"Campus Crusade's partner agencies will send 28 containers of humanitarian aid to Israel in the next 12 months - 2 of these containers have just been shipped out and more are getting ready to go. The containers are filled with food, clothing, school supplies, medicines and essential medical supplies. The contents will be distributed by 30 Evangelical Jewish Christian Congregations throughout Israel to refugees and holocaust victims who are devastated by these desperate conditions of poverty."

I'm reminded to count my blessings.
I'm also reminded to pray.