First Day As Lead

Today was the first day that Deneen & I spent as the leads for the LCC POD Data Entry Center. At Deneen's suggestion, we started out with everyone introducing themselves & giving a 1 or 2 minute brief intro; found out a lot of cool things about people. We had a new person this morning who is replacing another person who decided data entry was not what she was suited for; she was correct in her perception, she made a lot of mistakes. It started out rocky with the new person, about 30 minutes into the work day she asked if she could come in at 11 because she had 'appointments' she needed to take care of with her son in the morning. I told her that wouldn't work for us since the first 2 hours of the day are the busiest for us. Interestingly, by the end of the day she was able to work it out with her husband taking care of the 'appointments' in the morning with her son. We also had one of the regulars come in 15 minutes late & another had to leave at lunch because her arm started getting numb, she had a blood draw yesterday & her doctor was concerned there might be some nerve damage & wanted to check on her right away. In spite of all that, we processed 1089 forms & still got out  by 4 pm.

Lunch today was from Sistah Truck. The vegetarian option was a vegetarian burrito; it was filled with a slice of Spicy Korean Tofu (that wasn't spicy at all), sauteed vegetables, & some rice. It had a nice, mild salsa verde. There was also a tasty leche con arroz dessert. I think the tofu needs more flavor; I think next time I will try the regular meal.

Kīlauea caldera is still active; if it continues the level of the lava will rise high enough to be visible from the edge of the lookout area. The video below shows lava entering the lava lake at about 20x the actual speed that it is moving.

 

There were 71 new cases of COVID-19 reported today, bringing the total known cases up to 29,581. There were no new deaths reported so the death toll remains at 462; currently there are 1175 cases considered as active. The 7-day average of new cases on Oʻahu is 55 with a positivity rate of 1.8%. 

Hauʻoli lā Hānau e Bob, Marisa, & Delaney!