Pink Flamingo on Toast

Mondays and Tuesdays are very busy for me so by the time Wednesday rolls around I'm so relieved it's here I just can't believe it. I'm really pushing myself at the internship. That means more interpreting and less observing. This is a good thing but also is very tiring and I have to say that today my upper arms and shoulders are sore and tired. Jerry and I are doing better with our colds. Fortunately it didn't move into our lungs at all. Now one of my mentors has this cold and for her it's terrible. She can barely breathe. hmm..Hope it's the same cold and not some different one going around. GAH! I'm looking forward to this weekend as we are going to see Michael Feldman's Whad'ya Know . It's a totally geeky thing to go see but we laugh whenever we get the chance to hear the show Saturdays on NPR

I have passed the cold onto Jerry . Oopsie! Well it was bound to happen. Hopefully he won't have it as bad. Mine is still hanging on but not nearly as bad as last weekend. This Friday was Evaluation day for me at the internship. I asked them to fill out the papers so I could have them back by the end of the day but they both said they wanted to wait until Monday so that they could write comments. Hmmm..I think that's good because I'll have tons of feedback and know where I need to improve. My mentors are really supportive and I feel very lucky that I got placed with them for my internship. I've learned tons.

That's what I'm doing...although my nostrils are full of junk and don't want to cooperate. I know..TMI! Actually today is a little better. I haven't slept well the past couple nights. Mind is racing too much with "How should I interpret that?". I even caught myself interpreting a movie we put on to fall asleep to. Internship is half over according to hours needed but it was supposed to take 16 weeks to complete it all. We'll see. I'm asking my mentors to do the half way evaluation on my either Friday or early next week. School..eh...I'm glad it's my last semester as I'm getting burned out driving over there three times a week. I love two of my classes..the jury is still out on the third one. It only meets one night a week and I didn't have it this week due to the holiday. I guess the biggest complaint I have is that the class starts at 6pm and the professor is never ready to lecture until about 6:20pm because he can't run the Media ...

So I'm feeling about 5% better. I'm up and dressed and just took my cold medicine. Hoping it kicks in before 9:45am when I have to interpret. My face is full of red pock marks from some strange breakout during the weekend. It was only on my face otherwise I would be worried it was something else. Hopefully Bare Minerals will cover it. So I'm feeling ugly on top of feeling sick. How fun for me... Please let today go by quickly!

Four days off and I get sick. This cold has knocked me on my butt. Today was spent mostly in bed watching crazy movies and napping between medicine taking. Thank goodness for Nyquil because it allowed me to sleep most of last night. I hope to do laundry tomorrow, don't know about folding it though. So much for a fun four days off.

Today, both my mentors will be out so I'm going it alone today. Sure I'm nervous but it's a good nervous. The kind I used to get right before Piano competitions. It's my short day at the middle school because I have classes at the college so it won't be that bad. I have Friday and Monday off from everything. I'm really looking forward to the 4 day weekend.

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That's right! I just completed my first week of internship at the middle school. I can't say it was easy and I can't say it was tough. It was a rollercoaster of interpreting. There were times I had NO clue what to sign, but that's okay..my Mentors fed my some signs and I just kept on going. Sure I was thrown into classes by myself the first day, sure I had no clue how to sign "Evolution" but it all worked out in the end. I've learned a lot about interpreting and myself this week. I'm valuing my quiet time right now. Middle School kids are loud I wish I could say I have the weekend to recover but I volunteered before the holiday to be the interpreter for a School System fair thingy tomorrow from 10:30am until 3:30pm. I was eager and didn't know any better. In other news, remember to cheer for the Jaguars tomorrow!

Baptism by fire. Sure enough one of the regular interpreters had to go home because she wasn't feeling well so I interpreted today. All by myself...alone....in front of an audience...Talk about getting over the freak out fast. I think I did fairly well. There are some things I had to ask my colleagues about tonight in class but over all it went pretty good. Good thing because I think I'm alone tomorrow too. I would kind of like to see how a class is properly interpreted so I'm not messing up the flow though. Oh well...I'll be sure to wear my fireproof clothes tomorrow

Today is the first official day of my internship. I'm nervous and excited at the same time. I'm hoping that my mentors don't try to baptise me by fire. I mean, I know I need a little of that. It's going to be a long day for me as well. I have class tonight and won't get out of there until 9:30pm. Oof...

Remember that "mother" who helped her child cheat for Hannah Montana Tickets? Well, that child won't be going to see the concert now . I'm glad they took the prize away. That child's mother should have known better. I'm feeling a little better about my interpreting. Jerry, my rock, reminded me that if I knew how to do it already I wouldn't be going for an internship. I'd be working as a professional. I love that he guides me when I'm lost.

I know that I obsess about crazy stuff. I guess it might be stage fright or something but I'm really nervous about my internship. I guess everyone has those fears that they won't be able to do their "job". I went to the middle school and met with my mentors and got introduced to the kids today. They are all cute with their little faces and stuff. *sigh* I hate self-doubt. I can just hear Jerry spouting off a quotes about anxiety as I sit here and type. "Definition of Anxiety: The anticipation of a negative event, whether it occurs or not." "...Fear is tied to a circumstance; Anxiety to the imagination, the anticipation of a negative event." - Roger Crawford I know that the internship is there for me to practice all those things we did in class. I am just afraid of letting down the students. And myself...