Being four weeks into my fellowship, i’ve finally settled into the routine fully. Wake up, shower, eat, out the door. Having spent the last year doing everything through Zoom, it was really easy to fall out of morning routines because you were able to roll out of bed, grab your laptop, throw on a shirt and a hat, and be “ready” for the day. At first, i was dreading having to set an alarm and get up every morning, but like anything with practice comes perfection.

Every morning i walk into the building through the side door that is way too hard to pull open, then i turn around and yank it shut behind me, push open the door to the kitchen that makes an ungodly sound when you push it, throw my lunch in the fridge, and sit down to check emails.

This week one of my tasks was updating all of the events we are hosting here at the center for the month of July. I first had to log into our ticketure account and pull all the events for July out of there and onto the Audubon Center website, then from there i had to upload them onto our website that handles tickets and sales.

I also have been doing a lot of data sheets tracking numbers of attendees for events, daily visitors, and online traffic. It’s been interesting to learn more about how important it is to non-profits for them to go positive in terms of the amount of tickets they sell to events.

Just like past weeks i’ve also been able to be fortunate enough to spend time with the OSU Aphasia group on Wednesday. That truthfully is the highlight of my work week. Seeing them all show up with smile on their faces and knowing that what i’m doing, even something as simple as sitting down and cutting out birds, is making their day and helping them slowly regain basic motor skills.

My theme for this week is gratitude. Grateful that I am where i am. Grateful that there is something i can do every week to help others get better. Grateful for a lot.