As I finished up my first week(ish) of my internship I just want to talk briefly about it. Mostly because then I can kind of get back into blogging. I don’t use this website enough because I prefer my music blog but this is great for my more abstract thoughts. So, let’s get into it.
The Training Period
Technically, I had 3 days of training twoish weeks ago. But, I found out on my first day that SNC has a lot of interns who have or are going through the internship process here. But, it was nice to be back at my dorm with nobody to really bother me. I got to learn some of the things I would be doing but on my other two days I was focused on protocol for setting up and taking down, also certain language to be used and movement. Then on the third day, I got to see another part of the area and learn the names of the inhabitants after being quizzed on my knowledge.
First Real Week
My first real day of my internship was Wednesday at 9:00, and it was only a half day. I didn’t do much, just got to remember everything I learned within those training days but after a two week break I was double checking what I was doing. The first day, I took longer than normal for exercise but that was also on me for forgetting to check the start time so instead of an hour he got an hour and fifteen minutes. But, I got to create two different exercise environments and handle them in different times. I didn’t forget to flip over the card so I was relatively proud.
I had my other day this morning, and it was the same routine with exercise. This time I had to get the tree out for climbing and one was anchored in and wouldn’t let me get him off but the other was tying himself up in the tree so I had to create a pseudo branch for him to go on to. I then had to socialize a guy who lost his buddy about 2 weeks ago, and he was warming up to me as I was in his exercise area. I had time to give the old man a little bit of exercise time but he spent most of it under a blanket which I couldn’t blame him. He’s old and retired, and I did wake him up from his nap.
Goals for Next Week
My plan is to do more, I do have 2 half days next week because of the Student Leadership Conference so I plan to keep familiarizing myself with them. I hope to explore more of the facility and become a team player, but while exercising is important for the residents off time I do want to help out the bigger guys who live more across the area. But, if not I know I have a full shift in two weeks, but until then we’ll see.
