Blog Entry
Saturday, July 15, 2006
I am going to start this post off by apologizing if some or all of it doesn't make any sense. I just took my liquid codeine and I am feeling a little light headed. Well I already missed my self imposed deadline of a post a week at the least. There was a good reason though. I started my job on monday. For those who don't know I am working at the Windsor Essex Children's Rehabilitation Centre. I am working as a camp counsellor in their day camp for children who are not able to attend to regular camps because of a physical or mental/cognitive disablity. It is hard work, I have to feed and toilet the kids who can't do it themselves. But it is also a lot of fun, seeing the smiles on the kids faces and knowing they are getting to experience something that without programs like this they would never be able to do. The pay is crap, since its a government funded program that allows the centre to hire counsellor but the experience is invaluable.
Of course, because things were starting to go my way, I had to go and get sick again. A visit to the hospital on friday has confirmed that I have yet another chest infection. That's my fifth one since February. So whether or not I will be able to continue at work is up in the air at this point, since I am contagious. If it was up to me I would tough it out, but we have to think of the children first.
I also have been neglecting visiting my faithful paladin steed, but for once thats not such a bad thing. She could really use the time to heal an injury she had when I bought her, and I am sure she is happy just hanging out with her little pony friend. My goal is to take her in the Harrow fall fair in september, just for fun.
Not going to the barn has its downsides though, as I am suppossed to be teaching a really sweet little boy a lesson a week as learning from his mother is not going so well to say the least. The kid is crazy about Roman war tactics, jousting, dragons and RPG computer games. So he and Kevin talk for hours together. Again its not great pay, but I get the sense of doing something nice for someone who is need. It makes the paladin in me happy.
Kodiak our puppy is growing quickly. He is 12 weeks old and already weighs in at 30lbs (at the last weighing, but I know he's put on some more weight). He's really a great dog. He is against literacy, he hates anyone reading aloud, and he is noise police, if you make weird sounds or speak in an accent he will howl his little head off.
Don's three legged kitten is doing fairly well, he needs to get out of Don's room a little bit more though. Him and Kody have a bit of a rocky relationship, mostly because people are quick to scoop the cat up and scold Kody for playing with him. I am of the school of thought that if it hurt the cat, the cat would howl and scratch at Kody or take off. If the cat sits there and lets Kody gingerly mouth his tail, the cat can't care that much. But everyone is afraid the three legged cat can't take care of himself. I think the scar on Kodiak's nose from a cat scratch is evidence enough that the cat can and will defend himself when necessary.
I am going to finish off this post by posting some pictures of Erin and I's great adventure to Florida in May. Erin that was seriously some fun times and we will definatly have to do it again. For more pictures, visit my webshots site. You can find the link in my link sections (imagine that)
posted by Lynzy @
9:52 p.m.
2 comments
you bet it was fun... get better hun
Adventures are awesome. Especially pantless ones.
I LOVE the new blog design. It's soooooooo purty.
Btw, you're it now.
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