Note: This is an ARCHIVED entry and does not necessarily reflect how I behave and how I think "today".


i started work today.

i had 2 days of 'training'. imaging the Training episode of the Office , but without the fun. there was a pimp ass girl who would come out to smoke with me, she looked about 16 from behind, but was actually pretty old and has a 22 yo daughter. even so, i dunno, i reckon we wouldda hit it off and had something going. i dunno. she was a nice girl anyway.

i talked to my nan a bit. i continued in my crusade to explain why 'bad language' was a social inherited flaw. and how swearing is just simply words . learened from childhood to mean bad. in the same way that a woman driving a car is bad. or that the word friggin or damn is bad, but doesnt mean fuck without context or social background.

i wiped a dying mans ass and will continue to tend to him. infact, most people i will continue to tend to - infact all people i will continue to tend to are dying and hopeless cases.

i dont mean it as any sort of joke. 90% of these people are old, just like you and i will become. they can barely bend their legs and will cause a commotion when you try to dress them or change their nappies.

basically my work consists of rousing a person, then changing their nappy and washing their body. sometimes they will go to the bath, when we will wash them more thouroughly.

this involves using the mechanical hoist to lift them. sometimes they might go to the toilet during this procedure, because they have been holding it in and are embarrassed to go otherwise.

after transfering the person we will wheel them into the lounge area, and later into the dining area. we will then feed them by hand. aftwerwards we will wheel them and hoist them to the lounge area. and then navigate them according to their toilet preferences.

this has been my first official day working, and it has been awkward because i have been assisting two regular workers. however i have been able to assist in minor ways and have had individual oppertunities ie to remove a hoist by myself.