It has been a very long time since we have experienced a slow day, at least for me anyway, but today may have been the slowest. When I say slow I mean at least 6 tours total slow between 10am and 4pm. Normally we have a tour every half hour and wonder when we will have time for lunch. Today we were wondering what else we could do since all our cleaning tasks were mostly finished and because there wasn't a computer to work on stuff with. In particular I was hoping to update the gift shop stuff since there have been quite a few changes since the last time I touched the system. However since one of our other interns can't seem to get her computer situation figured out...she steals it and suddenly the WORK laptop is MIA. So much for updating any databases or anything work related....
The good news is due to the day being as slow as it was, I was able to finally just relax and de-stress. The last week has practically killed me to the point I have been wanting to go home every day but now that I can feel like I can relax a little without someone jumping down my throat about something; things aren't so bad again. I also realized I only have about a month left here in Wisconsin so although the relaxation period is short lived due to protocols/dosage sheets/brochures I promised I would work on...on top of everything else... it was nice to finally relax. I will hopefully finish everything before I leave but honestly there's so much paperwork and so little time to do anything BESIDES work on my days off (which I am NOT happy about whatsoever) I guess paperwork will rule my life and adventuring stops here. Yay.... (sarcasm)
Needless to say I am enjoying myself but not 100% lately. Sorry everyone...but I speak the truth. Still, great experience overall but just wish things were better. I miss the first few weeks when everything was absolutely amazing and fun. Now I feel stressed and pushed around without much room to even dare retaliate. This free-spirited soul hates cages and that it why I am very resistant when people attempt to shove me into one.
Besides tours and answering maybe one or two phone calls today, I restocked some gift shop stuff, helped with morning chores, cleaned the exam room for rehab side, and helped take care of our resident Snowy Owl's daily foot checks with one of our rehabbers. Aside from all this the remainder of my day was spent napping for hours with the occasional rude awakening, going to get food, driving around a little, getting gas, and buying a few groceries. Tomorrow, due to being off, will probably be sleeping in, finally doing all my laundry (yay clean clothes!), and working on protocols.
The sooner they are finished the sooner I get my freedom back.
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