Showing posts with label Experience. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Experience. Show all posts

Sunday, May 18, 2014

The April Promise.

It took me awhile to get to this but now that I know for certain it is true, I can finally let it be known that April did deliver on its promise. I am volunteer at an organisation for my people (people with disabilities) and to be honest; I do like it over there. It is so quiet and serene on the days when it is not busy -my kind of environment.
Getting to this point took so many months. Months were I was afraid to tell the most important people in my life for fear of jinxing it and getting them excited over nothing in case it didn’t work out. When it finally happened and all three or four found out, it left me a little sad because they didn’t get to hear it from me regardless of their excitement.

Manning the front office on my second day

My first day wasn’t so bad. The person who had asked me to join on a voluntary basis was there and seeing him put my fears to rest. The most outstanding experience from the first day is the sight of a little person - a little man to be exact. I’d never come across a little man just a girl I met at university and we struck up a friendship despite doing different degrees. Seeing the man reminded me of her and it made me smile.
I might have made him a little uncomfortable for I stared at him so intently he ended up leaving. Seriously, I think the sighting of a little person should be as luck inducing as the sighting of a leprechaun. They are both so rare. By the way, referring to a little person as ‘little’ in their presence is an insult to them and their intelligence.

Feeling like a BOSS at my return to work last week

Aside from all that; the work isn’t that bad. And it is all in the name of experience added onto what I gathered from working with mum. If something materializes from this, all the better. If not, it is OK. After all, service is the rent we pay for living on this earth.  The person most amused by all this working for free is my dad. I think he finds it inconceivable as a self made person.
Since I work twice a week, the first picture was taken the week I started and the second picture just last week when I returned after getting better.

Sunday, May 11, 2014

My Month!

Took this when I really needed to lift my mood

I’m always excited to see May come by because it is birthday month. Much as I fear aging, the fear never takes away the excitement. I feel like it has been awhile since I posted something… 
I’ve been ill for quite a few weeks in that I am just starting to feel like my normal self again. I feel quite lucid so I guess the medicine is starting to leave the system although the veins still hurt like a bitch and the bruises are yet to fade.
I do not know why but this time I feel the need to buy myself a birthday present. Is it weird? Do people even do this for themselves? I’m yet to kick the urge but if I do find myself with the ability to buy myself one, I shall let all of you know. What I do know for sure is; I shall do so come next year, God willing.
Happy  May everyone. x

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