General

Just an update to keep this habit going!

I'm really happy at the moment. I've been talking with my reading mentor's tutor, and we've organised a way for me to make sure he gets to his sessions, because although I wait for him, he quite often doesn't turn up, so I'll post more about that later.

I've got some people who are finally responding positively to my work experience requests! I'm not going to say too much yet, I don't want to jinx it, but I'm very hopeful.

I'm due to give blood soon, and this will be my first time - I'm extremely excited. So that's all coming up.

I'm really enjoying my job up at the pub. I meet with the customers, and I have been learning to pull pints for them! It turns out I am allowed to serve alcohol to patrons but only under supervision. I really like the customer interaction because my previous job had next to none, but it's very interesting because of the variety of people who come in. We have a woman who I think has Parkinson's disease (though I haven't asked) and a self confessed alcoholic, among others. Most of the patrons are lovely and very easy to build up a rapport with. The customers which are a bit more stand offish are still very nice if you're courteous and polite to them, and it is sometimes possible to eventually get them to laugh along with you as well. #

Anyway, that's all for now! I'll post again soon!