Vampire work

Yes, I drive the bloodmobile. Its is fun. Well sorta. Its a job and I'm so grateful to have a job. Its pretty chill until it gets busy and then the time goes fast so there's a good trade off. Most of the people I work with are really nice and so I'm slowly making new friends. It's also good because I meet someone new each day. Slowly I will start seeing the same people again. I also like that we're in a different location every day and we have different start times so its not the same every day. I like variety. It is the spice of life so they say. Once I learn the ins and outs of the job it will be quiet easy. There is a lot of heavy lifting so that will be good to work my muscles. I've already gone to a variety of locations. My first draw that I observed last week was at BYU. I've also been to a church building in Lehi, USU campus in Logan, Clearfield & today we were at Paul Mitchell "the school" in Provo.

I haven't seen anyone pass out yet but there have been a few close calls. We try not to let it get to that point. We keep barf bags and ice packs on hand for that purpose. Snacks: Oreos, Lorna Doones (shortbread cookies), Fig Newtons, Cookies & Pretzels. Juice and water are our beverages. The bus itself is a Blue Bird. It's more different than any other bus I've driven before. First of all the engine is in the front which is weird to me because its so much louder. It's also in the way of me trying to get in and out of the driver's seat. The other strange thing is that there isn't any driver's AC. I have a fan oh yeah and can open the window to my left if I need to. This should be interesting in the heat of the summer. There are AC units on top of the bus though so those should be able to help. Luckily we don't drive very far very often. Those occasional trips to St. George should be interesting! The other thing that is different is that we use a generator to power everything on board during the draw. It can be a bit cramped inside when it is busy but isn't too bad when we only have a couple of people. Driving the bloodmobile is better because it's easier faster and easier to load & unload. Plus it doesn't require us to unload on location. There are other draws that I will drive a truck to that requires us to unload at the location and set up inside. It takes a lot more time to do this but does give me more time on the clock. It will be nice to have some days in the bloodmobile and other days in the truck.