8.17.2009

 

Moved in

So I'm finally moved into my new apartment. I just brought the last of my stuff from SC last night and now I can officially say that I live in Coralville, Iowa. It's been a fun ride - I've started working at Systems Unlimited - job coaching. I thought I was going to be working in their day program, but apparently they needed help in the job coach area (which I didn't even know existed)! :) That's okay though, I like the work. I wasn't sure at first - I'm still working with people who have developmental disabilities, but a lot of these people are more independent than my boys at Niessink, so it's a definite transition. But I'm learning that the job is a lot of what you make it. You can decide to sit there and read a book while the people are working - only prompting them when they need it...or you can choose to interact with them while they're working. The only tricky part to interacting with them is doing it in a way that isn't distracting them from their jobs. There are a lot of job sites around and each one requires different amounts of interaction. A lot of cleaning jobs, but I've been cleaning at the motel since I was 7, so I'm used to that! :) Well, I'm off to the bank to get my new account opened up. Hope all is well on the other end of this post! Take care, all! (I'll try to publish pictures of the apartment later)!