I’ll be doing my first ever 12 hour shift tomorrow.
6.15am – 6.30pm
Wehewwww, not.
Okay that’s not entirely true. I am quite excited. I did two 8 hour shadowing last week. My first was so boring and awkward I hated it. Hated it so much I came home grumpy. Got so grumpy it affected whatever I did that night :/ e.g. going for grocery shopping twice and still came back forgetting something. Came home and cooked and ended up not cooking right it tasted funny. And even while cooking I kept dropping the spatula spilling sauce all over the floor. AND THEN when I’m finally eating I bit my lip! How HOK is that? Normally I don’t get so uptight about my clumsiness. I don’t know what happened. And though I was having my period I also DON’T normally get grumpy like many do. Whatever it was… I didn’t like myself that night.
On my second day of shadowing, things were a lot different. Good different. Thank GOD. See on the first day, the only productive thing we did was making sure certain forms were signed in EVERY client’s folder and that they were in the right ORDER. That was the most exciting thing we did out of all the 8 hours. The other “exciting” thing we did was set up a baby chair for one of the families. I know I shouldn’t complain ‘cause I’m still getting paid. But still, you know :/ No wonder the clients get depressed. They’re stuck in there with nothing much to do or distract themselves with. They have too much time to think about their visa process shit.
Anyway, as I was saying, the second day was so much better than the first. We carried out some activities with the clients and we also finally had a chance to be the control people (people in charge of security – cameras, log books, registers etc). I also spent some time with the interpreters learning some basic Hazaragi and Arabic. Oh and guess wot! One of the interpreters is also a close friend of Jaryllyn’s brother Jon! Small world eh! He mentioned a great friend of his who is a “magician with a huge goatie, who plays the guitar”. Hehehe! And I asked if he knew the sister “with the piercings” he said yes! He’s now one of the people I look forward to seeing when I go to work :p just cause we have mutual friends and he can teach me another language ;)
In the previous weeks, the trainers who came in and taught us always mentioned that this job will be a real eye opener and that it’ll be one of the most rewarding things we’d have done in our lives. On the second day of shadowing, I experienced my first rewarding moment! I was playing with a couple of 4-5 yr olds in the common lounge right... We were passing the soccer ball to one another until I snatched the ball and said “It’s mine. All mine now.” Just for fun. It’s not like I won’t return the ball or anything. And the two just looked at each other, grinned and started wrestling with me! One thing lead to another suddenly I was piggy backing both of them (luckily they were really small) and I spun them round and round acting like a transformers robot. And they loved it!! They were screaming and laughing and when it was time for me to leave, they hugged me so tight at the door. They didn’t want to let go. This surprised me so much cause for one, I never really connect with kids in general. Second, I never thought they’d appreciate the previous 10 minutes that much. This got me so warm and fuzzy inside. I couldn’t stop thinking about it on the way home.
So in a way I’m not down with the waking up at 5am, but I’m definitely excited to meet the clients and spend some time entertaining them again :D OH. And because I, suggested Body Combat classes to the director, they are now expecting ME to run it if the plan works out. Hahahah. I enjoyed body combat during Year 11. But that’s it. I don’t know how to choreograph shit! Soooo I think I might get one of those body combat work out dvd’s and learn at home and see if I can pull it off at work :p I thought of attending REAL classes but I think the dvd will be more cost efficient :p
Alrightyy. Have to freshen up now. Update later! Wish me luck in waking up tomorrow :)
