It was definitely great to have a relaxing weekend at home
after the business of excursion. I had planned to do things such as hiking and
paragliding, but the weather was a bit grey and rainy, so I had to postpone
those plans. Regardless, it was nice to hang around the house and get some
things done. This weekend was spent struggling with the results section of my
honors thesis. Overall, I am happy to be getting the experiencing of creating
an experiment and writing a thesis, but it’s challenging because I’ve never
done anything like it before. It’s also hard not to be on campus and be able to
have meetings with my supervisors when I’m struggling. But I think it’s a great
learning experience and I’m really excited about the results that we found for
it. I’m hoping to continue working on it this summer to eventually get it
published.
Yesterday we had a national holiday, so I didn’t go to work.
But I accompanied Alex to her internship at the Two Oceans Aquarium and it was
so much fun! I got to go behind the scenes and see all of the tanks and
animals. I also got to help clean a tank and feed the nemo fish! We also went
to the Water Shed afterwards and bought some really cool and unique souvenirs. I’m
hitting the point in the trip where I’m not as on top of how much I’m spending,
which probably isn’t the best thing. But there’s so much left I want to do and
I keep using the excuse that what I want to buy here is unique and I can’t get
it at home. All I can say is thank goodness for graduation and birthday money!
Today at work was a pretty normal day, but it was a grey day
and one of those days that no matter what, I just couldn’t fully wake up. So
when I was helping pull patient files in reception, I felt bad because I
thought I was going really slowly and was nervous that Eugene, the coworker I
was pulling files for, was getting annoyed. But as soon as I thought that, I
heard another coworker telling someone, “You know how we are here, we take our
time.” And then a few minutes later, Eugene came up to me and thanked me for
how much I was helping him that morning and then thanked me again later that day.
That’s such a big difference for me because at home, everything is expected to
be done so quickly and people get upset when you can’t keep up. It was really
refreshing to actually be appreciated for what I was doing and made me want to
keep helping, whereas at home if someone at work gets mad, it makes me want to
help even less. I think it’s a really good practice in work to make sure people
know you’re doing a good job but I also don’t want to get used to the slower
lifestyle here because it won’t be accepted too much at home.
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