Remy-s job - Day 4

Today is the first day the students haven’t been here, and things are no less chaotic. So far I haven’t done a lot, despite having a number of goals I’d like to complete.

It occurs to me I haven’t really talked about the farm at all. The farm at Cedar woods grows organic fruits and vegetables, as well as medicinal, aromatic and culinary herbs. They also keep goats, sheep and chickens, all of which have ample space to move about. The goats are a rare species, and there are only 400 of them in the world. Cedar wood has over 30 of these.

The farm at Cedar woods is involved in three separate programs: The Farm Workers Program, the Kitchen Workers Program, and the Herbal Healing program.

The Farm Workers Program instructs persons with developmental and physical disabilities in the techniques of horticulture (gardening) and other farming activities in a low-stress and malleable environment. The goal is to provide self-esteem, employability and food-growing skills. There are currently four students enrolled in the program.

It’s quiet at the office today. There are no students, so it’ll be interesting to see the staff in their own world. They might be painting today, which would be very unpleasant for all of us in the office. The idea almost makes me want to go out to the greenhouse and plant more of those little soilie cubes.

So far today I’ve managed to gain access to the main server and database here at the office. I’m still not entirely sure how I pulled that off, but it led me to a wealth of information which will certainly do in a pinch – always assuming I can sift through and find the relevant information.) I put my own folder on the server and am updating it regularly so those who wish to can monitor my progress, but it seems nobody can see it. I can, and I can view everything on the server, but my folder’s nowhere to be found.

I’ve also compiled my interview questions into a better-constructed list. It should make the flow of the director’s interview more natural.

Update:

I’m still waiting to interview Guy. He hasn’t been seen all morning. My biggest problem right now is trying to figure out what kind of article Guy wants me to write. The magazine is lying right in front of me, but after someone helped me quickly go through it and explain its layout, I’m not altogether sure whether I’m writing a little blurb, or a full feature-length article. It would really be helpful to know this. If I knew, I could at least start outlining the bloody thing and maybe even write the lead. I did a little research about how to write features, which has been rather helpful. It’s nearly lunch time, and I feel I’ve barely gotten anything done today. When you have to wait for other people, you have to wait.

Update:

It’s nearly the end of my shift, and I still haven’t gotten the interview. I’m waiting, but he’s a busy man. I did find out that it’s a feature I’ll be writing, which means the research I did about how to write a feature wasn’t a waste of time. I’ve also tweaked the interview questions for the students. We’ve now got about fifteen of them. I think it’ll probably take a good few hours to interview everyone. It’ll depend on the amount of cooperation and rapore I get.

Paul, my case worker from Supporting Employment Transitions stopped by today. He was the one that’s been trying to get me a job for the past year or so. It was nice to meet with him on the job for once. Even if this is only temporary, it’s nice to have steady work for a while. I still have quite a bit of free time, all things considered. I just have to settle on something fun to do with it.

I contacted TD Canada Trust to see if I could make it possible to have Chelsea cash my cheque at her bank, since, now that I’m working I have no chance to get to the bank. They said we need to set up a joint account. I’m hoping I can just add my name to hers. We’ve got an appointment on Saturday to get that set up. I’ll be getting paid tomorrow after all, which is nice. My first pay cheque in over two years.