Wednesday, September 10, 2008

I'm Getting Paid... Why?

These are the minutes of my "work" yesterday.

2:00-2:45
No one is home yet. I eat my calzone I got from Brick Oven (note: I payed for the calzone with a gift card I won from work, so no cost to me).

2:45-3:00
Will stops by. He leaves momentarily when I remind him it's tuesday and he has group therapy. He insist on taking the bus alone (it's his hard won privilege) to group and leaves.

3:00-3:10
I wait in an empty house for Josh and Steve to arrive. I watch Charmed cuz it's on.

3:10-4:00
Josh and Steve meander in. Steve goes upstairs and takes a nap as he always does after work. Josh plays Gotham Project Racing. I watch while doing my homework.

4:00-4:45
We go to the field across the street and fly a kite with limited success. Josh is insistent that you don't need to wind to fly a kite if you run fast enough. Sufficeth to say, he was humbled.

4:45-5:30
We head over to McDonald's for extra large 99 cent drinks and head over to group.

5:30-7:00
The guys are in group. I'm not a therapist, nor a client, so I'm not allowed in. I do homework for an hour and a half. I get a surprisingly amount done (surprising in a good way).

7:00-7:15
Transit from group to home.

7:15-9:00
We watch the majority of one and then another episode of Law and Order. Good episodes. I'd definitely not mind getting payed 8 bucks an hour to watch those again. During this time the porch lightbulb burnt out and I replaced it. See converstation below.

9:00
My shift ends I go home. I did nothing that resembled work, and got payed 42 bucks for doing so. Pretty sweet.

Interesting observations from yesterday.

I've noticed that when we are in the car, if I play Colbie Colliet's "Bubbly", I can get away with listening to anything else afterwards. It's like a reset button for them. It calms them down and they forget about listening to Pink Floyd.

Steve has the most annoying habit of repeating his last sentence over and over again. The porch lightbulb burned out and I was explaining to Steve that I'll replace it.

Steve: But how will we do it?
Me: Don't worry, I'll get a ladder and then-
Steve: But how will we do it?
Me: I'm telling you. I'll get a ladder it'll be-
Steve: But how will we do it?
Me: *Stares at Steve*
... 1o second silence
Steve: But how will we do it?
Me: *Gets up and leaves room*

And Will. Will missed a phone call and it didn't show up on his phone. How he knew he missed it if it didn't show up is beyond me, but he insisted. He called the phone company to rectify the mistake. I only got half of the converstation, but that was enough.

Why am I getting paid?

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