Computers and Numbers

I haven't posted in a week or so.  I did not have much internet access or electricity all of last week.  This week things have just been madness. I am in charge of implementing a new inventory system for the clinic pharmacy, which started on October 1.  It's rough going, but I see the light at the end of the tunnel.  Most days I see it, anyway.

Some encouraging things have been happening.  My computer lessons with the staff are going well.  So far we've worked on learning Word, Excel, and general computer knowledge.  Last week I started giving typing classes.  I wonder if this was partly from selfish motives because I get so impatient watching them slowly peck out one letter at a time?  Anyway, I see my students bragging about their newly acquired typing skills or hidden in some corner of the clinic practicing regularly.  So I think they are appreciating the classes quite a bit. 

In the class where I taught Excel, the task I gave them was to each create a budget for their personal finances.  The three guys who went through the exercise were completely amazed... not so much by the functions of Excel, but to see what they were spending their money on.  They immediately started making plans for saving money, finding alternative sources of income, and cutting costs.  It gave me a lot of ideas for future classes touching on different aspects of financial management and personal development.

Computers and numbers... two things I have always tried to NOT make my life about, have somehow caught up with me anyway.  Sneaky sneaky.