Well... I'm officially a lifeguard!!! Yay, me! My first day was Sunday. Saturday night I nearly threw up because of how nervous I was. When I got there, it wasn't bad. The woman who runs things explained a lot of it, and I know all of the people who work there from school. Truth be told, they aren't my favorite people, but I can stand them for six hours. Lucky for me, my favorite freshman was there to help me out.
There was a huge storm today, but I missed most of it because I was stuck in windowless rooms in the hospital where I volunteer. Today was great. Usually I am there in the mornings, but today I came at night. One of the nurses took me around and... I'm not sure how much I can say because I'm still fuzzy about the volunteer/patient confidentiality thing. I will say that I learned a lot about the machines and scans that they take. It was all very interesting and made those four hours pass quite quickly.
In other recent events, I just got back from Chicago! Minus my family, I had a ton of fun. The four star hotel we stayed at was actually pretty crappy in my opinion. Hard beds and no free wi-fi. Classy my ass. We saw all the big sights like the Willis Tower (Sears Tower), Field museum, Shed aquarium, Navy Pier, and, my favorite, the Planetarium.
The Planetarium was all about stars and physics and science. I loved every moment of it. I even bought a shirt that says 'Come to the Dork Side, we have π' There was one room where there were computer screens everywhere with 3D interactive activities on them. In the front of the room, there was an astronomer (?) talking about stars and asteroids. He was taking questions and using the Xbox motion program to control google maps. I sat there and listened for about 45 minutes, and I would have stayed longer if I wasn't scheduled to go to a movie.
That's it for now.
There was a huge storm today, but I missed most of it because I was stuck in windowless rooms in the hospital where I volunteer. Today was great. Usually I am there in the mornings, but today I came at night. One of the nurses took me around and... I'm not sure how much I can say because I'm still fuzzy about the volunteer/patient confidentiality thing. I will say that I learned a lot about the machines and scans that they take. It was all very interesting and made those four hours pass quite quickly.
In other recent events, I just got back from Chicago! Minus my family, I had a ton of fun. The four star hotel we stayed at was actually pretty crappy in my opinion. Hard beds and no free wi-fi. Classy my ass. We saw all the big sights like the Willis Tower (Sears Tower), Field museum, Shed aquarium, Navy Pier, and, my favorite, the Planetarium.
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| Look at the quality of my new camera!! |
My second favorite part was the dolphin show at the aquarium. It reminded me of how much I wanted to be a Marine Biologist when I was younger. I've now decided that animal trainers deal with less sharks, poison, and seaweed, and deal more with dolphins. Dolphins are where it's at.
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| Dolphins move fast. Most of my pictures are blurry. |
Adieu,
~Em
