We have kept Kevin very busy this week, he is the Maintenance Supervisor at the Mansion, he has spent a lot of time installing portable room air conditioners over the last couple of weeks –  into the Mansion Activity Room, and into Connie and Art and Madeline’s rooms. Two more are coming next week – for Bill and Sylvie.

I am giving the air conditioners to the Mansion rather than the residents, that way they can be used again and again over time.

I am grateful to Kevin for many reasons. He is competent, his installations are quick and efficient. He has a great and cheerful demeanor about him, and he is gentle and courteous to the residents, he knows them all by name and is very sensitive to their needs.

Then, there is also the fact that I’ve wrecked my back twice trying to carry these things, they are heavy as lead.

Mara and I get them into my car, then we drive to the Mansion entrance, Kevin take sit from there.

I am always happy to see Kevin and his rolling cart, and if he minds any of this additional work, you would never know it.

Whenever we decide to install a room air conditioner, I talk to Kevin about it, and if necessary, we go and look at the room. The air conditioners do not in any way strain the Mansion’s power or electrical system, and are not a strain on the Mansion financially.

Several rooms upstairs cannot be cooled by air conditioners for various reasons, and Kevin and I have talked about different kinds of fans than might be helpful up there.

It’s always good for me to remember these things we do greatly affect many people – not just the residents, but Kevin and his crew, the staffers and aides and administrators at the Mansion, and most of all the residents themselves. Kevin makes our good deeds become reality, and I  thank him for that.