My days are usually off to a good start, because my helpers know me well. They know that quiet, quick, and efficient is the best way to be until I'm fully awake. If this is properly executed, I'm usually awake within a half hour of their arrival.
However, this was not the case this morning, as my company has continued to contract out other agencies due to being short staffed. The agency that's hired primarily deal with the elderly, and with some, it shows. I have one worker that is so ridiculously sarcastic, and while sarcasm is usually my middle name, I can't handle it at 6:30AM!
I (luckily) have the ability to direct my own care, and on top of the unwanted sarcasm, this lady can't seem to wrap her head around the idea! "The sling attaches on the first loop" "Well it works better on the second I think" Key phrase: you think! I have been hoisted up in slings for over 11 years now, and a piece of paper proving completion of a program, does not make you wiser than I in the subject!
So why am I sharing this? Because how I'm woken up every morning greatly impacts my day, mood, my will to learn! I'm pretty sure most of you would tell someone like the person
mentioned above where to go and how to get there... But there's not much you can do when help is limited.
Karli
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