It's been a pretty jam--packed week. Tuesday evening was uneventful except fopr the ketchup kidnapping, and we watched a Natoinal Geographic Channel documentary Holly brought home on the guys' tv in their apartment, and ate Kettle Corn (there's your hint at who was the "mysterious" person with the ketchup).
Wednesday was a day we all looked foward to. We had planned it out. After work we all walked to Georgetown (all being the roomies and I). Jenny and I met up first for a few pre-drinks during Happy Hour (CHEAP drinks are good!), then Holly met up with us when she got out of work and had a drink to end out the Happy Hour evening. We ended up spending most of the evening down in Georgetown though at Old Glory just hanging out and talking to people we met, and a friend from our program that was there. Good times.
Thursday brought good and bad. Good because only 2 more days till the weekend. Bad because we had class from 7-930pm after work. Ughh.
In regards to working/interning...I have been extremely busy going in like 50 million directions it seems like. One thing that has its ups and downs but often frustrates me is that the staff has "discovered" if you will the little computer nerd that lives inside my head. It's not like totally off the way logitical or programming things they are asking, just common sense things. It frustrates me because people are constantly 'consulting' with me or having me do something for them. And nice me drops what I am doing instantly to go save them. I don't mean to sound negative, it is just distracting to the things I am supposed to be doing. As soon as I finish writing this I am going to go sit down and work on some reading I have to do. I have the latest survey report from the nursing home I visited on Monday with all of their deficiencies. It is a long 40 pages, and very interesting.
Of course because of my background with nursing homes, I can't help but compare them. But I can honestly say the facility at home that is my life, (even when I am away at school) is one of the top-notch nursing homes in the area that I am yet to visit and experience. This internship has really opened my eyes to the horrible living conditions that exist in so many homes across the country. It is one thing to 'know' these things are happening, but to read true stories and see pictures of the abuse and neglect and other issues that are happening, it is heartbreaking to me and has become so realistic. Better yet, to talk to a family member with first hand experience, or to visit a facility such as the one earlier this week with an Ombudsman and to experience both sides of the situation. As I think I had mentioned before, the Ombudsman who took me gave me no background on the operation and previous annuals surveys of this facility. I met with many top administrative staff throughout the afternoon and gathered my own opinions, then afterwards the Ombudsman told me the other side of the stories....interesting what a facility tries to hide sometimes.
Well, to end this let me just express my feelings about this coming weekend, and then I'll talk more about it after the fact. Myself and everyone else in the program is just OVERJOYED because we have a mandatory community service event on Saturday. Ok that's fine but it is a little ridiculous that it is for 7 hours. Wait, it gets better....Washington, D.C. + 90+ degrees + possible severe storms + LANDSCAPING for 7 hours = bad. I can only imagine the mood we will all be in when we are done. We'll see who doesn't go out on Saturday night after a nap. What Sunday will bring.....who knows!
Finally, here are a couple pictures of Jenny and I from Wednesday night in Georgetown. The first is a picture at this really cute garden bar. Then second is us in this fancy bathroom trying to take a picture of ourselves, but I was covering my face. We didn't stay at that place, just used the nice bathrooms...it was called "Sea Catch" and the bar had Oysters and other fishy things on ice in front of us. For some reason after sinking in mud in Florida sailing a year or two ago and getting many Oyster scrapes and cuts, and a couple scars to show, I had no desire to sit there. lol. Goodnight all....any early day at work tomorrow (730 or 8ish) so I can leave at 4pm--- Zip is in town!! Well, for less than a day, but we are meeting for dinner at the airport before her flight.
Stephanie
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