Saturday - 12:47 a.m. "Atlanta"

Well  I made it this far and I'm living large tonight - I'm actually in a hotel called Extended Stay America. That may, and probably will, change tomorrow when I check in at HQ. I may wind up any where in Georgia, Mississippi or even the Carolinas. I'll keep you posted.

I arrived here after dark so I haven't seen anything yet, but , with all the lights I don't see where there are any power outages. They'll probably show me where they are tomorrow.

It's almost 1:00 AM here and wake up is 6:00 AM so I'm going to hit it and hope to be able to get off another email tomorrow evening. God Bless all of you and good night.

Saturday - 7:44 p.m. "Hard At It"

Well, I got through my first full day. I'm definitely staying in the Atlanta area. I'll be working at a client shelter for the next 3-4 days, then go on an outreach team. That means I'll be seeing a little more of Atlanta. Up at 0530 this morning, it's now 1930 and I'm going to have to look for something to eat before I turn in. I think they're trying to make me lose weight. :-)

I'll check in again tomorrow nigh. I'll be working 0800 - 2000. How do I get myself in these predicaments? 

Sunday - 10:46 p.m. "Week Just Beginning" 

It was the first day of sunshine for a few days and everyone in the shelter got out to attend church or just enjoy the sunshine. Today was a pretty easy day as we had no real sick or injured people. I hope it stays this way, but, that's probably wishful thinking. Tomorrow will be the first day I'll have to fight Atlanta's rush hour traffic, and I'm not looking forward to that.

Well, an easy 12 hour day is still 12 hours and another ahead of me - so I better pound that pillow.

Al Boucher is a Red Cross volunteer and Registered Nurse, serving in Atlanta after severe flooding. For the latest updates on the Red Cross response in the South, go to http://newsroom.redcross.org.