A very good day.
Hmmm ... Sometimes you have to wonder why life gets so good at times, and other times, it can be so bad. I am on cloud nine right now for many reasons. I'll tell you why:
First of all, it is only a few weeks until I go up to Kirkland Lake to see my Grandparents. This is also going to be exciting because I'm going to take the train for the first time all by myself. Well, not totally. I'll have my ever-faithful Newmar by my side of course. speaking of the train ride, I went to the station yesterday to find out some information. I wanted to know about the schedule as well as learn how to get to where the trains leave. It was very informative. I learned that it leaves at 8:40 in the morning, and arrives at my destination at 5:45. It makes for a long day, but I can at least sit and look out the window at the beautiful scenery. I also learned that the Northland rail doesn't run on Saturdays. This means that I'll have to go home on the Sunday, December 16 as I have an MRI on the 15.
The second exciting thing that happened today was that I found out about my placement. As you may or may not be aware, I have been having difficulty with getting a placement secured for January. My field placement coordinator said that my choices were unsafe. She also said that one of them wouldn't be good because she thought the kids would be constantly petting Newmar. I told her that Kids can learn if I teach them. About the placements that were deamed unsafe, well ... Then they'd be unsafe for anyone according to her answer. Grrrrr. It just made me very frustrated. So, now that I've waited this long, I have a placement. It's at Richview Residence, which is an independent living area for Seniors. This will be good because I've never worked with seniors in this capacity before. I've worked with them in a day program, and a nursing home where they were mainly either bed-ridden or unable to care for themselves. In this case, I'm not exactly sure what kinds of things I'll be doing. The field placement coordinator said that I'll be going over there with the intern student to see what it's like. I can't wait for that.
The third good thing is that my laptop will hopefully be in either tomorrow or Thursday. I e-mailed the computer store to ask if it's been shipped, and he said it has, so ... I don't know. I really want it to be here soon so that I can get it set up for work in January in case I need it. Everything is just falling into place. I love it. It's really taking my mind off the whole residence thing. Plus, I get to go out on Friday with some friends!!! That will get my weekend off to a great start.
Well folks, enough rambling on for tonight. I should get off my behind and get some stuff done around here.
Take care.
Jessica and the snoring Newmar.
First of all, it is only a few weeks until I go up to Kirkland Lake to see my Grandparents. This is also going to be exciting because I'm going to take the train for the first time all by myself. Well, not totally. I'll have my ever-faithful Newmar by my side of course. speaking of the train ride, I went to the station yesterday to find out some information. I wanted to know about the schedule as well as learn how to get to where the trains leave. It was very informative. I learned that it leaves at 8:40 in the morning, and arrives at my destination at 5:45. It makes for a long day, but I can at least sit and look out the window at the beautiful scenery. I also learned that the Northland rail doesn't run on Saturdays. This means that I'll have to go home on the Sunday, December 16 as I have an MRI on the 15.
The second exciting thing that happened today was that I found out about my placement. As you may or may not be aware, I have been having difficulty with getting a placement secured for January. My field placement coordinator said that my choices were unsafe. She also said that one of them wouldn't be good because she thought the kids would be constantly petting Newmar. I told her that Kids can learn if I teach them. About the placements that were deamed unsafe, well ... Then they'd be unsafe for anyone according to her answer. Grrrrr. It just made me very frustrated. So, now that I've waited this long, I have a placement. It's at Richview Residence, which is an independent living area for Seniors. This will be good because I've never worked with seniors in this capacity before. I've worked with them in a day program, and a nursing home where they were mainly either bed-ridden or unable to care for themselves. In this case, I'm not exactly sure what kinds of things I'll be doing. The field placement coordinator said that I'll be going over there with the intern student to see what it's like. I can't wait for that.
The third good thing is that my laptop will hopefully be in either tomorrow or Thursday. I e-mailed the computer store to ask if it's been shipped, and he said it has, so ... I don't know. I really want it to be here soon so that I can get it set up for work in January in case I need it. Everything is just falling into place. I love it. It's really taking my mind off the whole residence thing. Plus, I get to go out on Friday with some friends!!! That will get my weekend off to a great start.
Well folks, enough rambling on for tonight. I should get off my behind and get some stuff done around here.
Take care.
Jessica and the snoring Newmar.