17 october (sunday)
went to monkey bizness for training, which turned into a full day of work pretty quickly. started with 2 other girls. was learning how to work reception and finding that i'm not doing well with spelling/understanding scots and their surnames. long day. i really didn't expect the 'training' to turn into a full day's work, but it's not like i couldn't do it. we didn't finish until past 7 and then there was a staff meeting. went with some of the other employees to a pub nearby for a drink afterward. didn't stay too long but it was nice to meet some other nice people.
18 october (monday)
spent all day preparing for my meeting with adrian. this involved drafting the methods and questionnaires for two studies that i'll be conducting shortly. lots of work.
19 october (tuesday)
went to adrian's class and met with him afterward. had a great meeting, got feedback on my stuff and talked about piloting them even next week. went on an asda adventure, which failed for what i specifically needed but got some food. so then had a princes street (high street) adventure in search of black pants and boring black pimsole shoes. didn't want to spend a bunch of money and was super sad that asda (read uk walmart for those not familiar) did not provide them. only found one trousers option which i got. and then up and around town to go to shoe zone to get the 4 pound lame boring black shoes. seriously lame. so lame i'm sad to wear them - like i look at my feet and am disappointed. but had to get them for work at monkey bizness. (yes, bizness - that's not jut my interpretation of it).
20 october (wednesday)
worked at monkey bizness from 12-445. learned how to run the go carts and climbing wall. i enjoyed being in the centre rather than at reception- get to interact with kids as opposed to parents. repetitive work but i like it more than reception work. the climbing wall requires a bit of muscle strength which caused sore shoulders and bruised knees. went to trash clang after. a more social session than getting work done productive session but thats okay. got a ride back to the city centre - to the bus station actually - and then we walked home from there. nice brisk chilly walk but still.
21 october (thursday)
went to an interview with tutor doctor. had it in my mind that this interview was in the early afternoon which it was not, but that was discovered still with plenty of time to get to the random mall on the edge of town - the gyle centre. was super weird to be in a mall. interview for tutoring went well and then i walked around the mall before going back home. spent a good chunk of the day revising my work for adrian. went to see the compleat works of willm shakespre abridged at the university of edinburgh. very good show.
22 october (friday)
worked at monkey bizness. started out learning about the cafe stuff and how to make coffee drinks. which really just necessitates me remembering the process for the 4 or 5 different options but seeing as how i don't drink them or know the difference, it's kind of just obnoxious. but i didnt spend too much time learning there because it got busier and so i got moved to the go carts and then to the climbing wall. spent a good 1.5 hours on the wall in a row which was really taxing. it's non stop physically demanding work. i like doing it, but i can see how changing back and forth with the go carts becomes essential. wasn't able to meet with adrian so that's got pushed to next week. hopefully will still be able to pilot next week or very beginning of next. made curry for dinner (again, we made it a few days ago). super good. now we've been battling the internet to load movies to watch. sadly it's not going so well.
23 october (saturday)
tomorrow.
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