I can’t believe it has been almost 4 months since I started back in the work world outside of the house. And yes, I still LOVE my job. Not every day is wonderful but it is always interesting to see what is going on in Callaway County.
Sometimes, I feel we are fighting an uphill battle but you know me! I love to make sure people are following the rules (well, now I understand where my grandson and his mother get their rule following structure!) . More on that another day.
We have updated our sewer code and enacted a new food code, so we have been extremely busy in the office, doing inspections on childcare, restaurants and sewers. Later we will be doing lodging inspections. We have created new forms for our food code and updated the sewer forms. Kind of sounds like something I would do right??
Training, should I tell you about the training that I have been lucky enough to attend. Basic sewer installation, advanced sewer installation (which gave me tons of ideas for dealing with waste water if they weren’t so expensive), we went to Hannibal for CEUs for our sewer certification, one of the guys that works for DHSS trained me on child care, Kent worked with me on food inspections. We still have several trainings this month!
There are so many advanced sewer systems that are amazing to me! Like the subsurface drip system that you could use wastewater after it was treated basically as an irrigation system for your yard (or garden!!). It still amazes me how many people dump their sewage right out their “backdoor” and dump everything as well and then wonder why their drinking water from a private well is bad! When you hear e-coli is in the water somewhere, it may be because of waste from livestock but it also comes from human waste that has not been treated properly. Too bad there is not a revolving fund that would help people pay for some of the alternative engineered technology and more systems installed. I would love to capture the rain water from the shed, put it in a “holding tank” and set up a drip irrigation system for my garden this summer. Not sure I can talk Jimmy into that project! May have to wait a year or two. Or when we win the Lottery (maybe I need to play to increase my chances).
The most pleasant surprise for me, how nice most of the daycares, schools and food establishments in Callaway County are! Most everyone has been so pleasant and helpful, willing to work with us on things. Everyone at the Health Department has been so helpful to me as well. Kent has been great about teaching me so many things and makes work enjoyable.
Can’t wait to see what the rest of the year brings. Hopefully more sewers on approved systems and better understanding of why we check food establishments and those food establishments striving to improve their food service, safe/clean/wonderful settings for childcare.
