Life so far.....

This past week I have been focusing on math and on anthropology as well as my volunteer hours at the hospital which is very fun and very hectic at times. On Thursday, while I was volunteering, all of the paid interpreters decided to leave me alone in the office with 6 phones and a pager which I had no idea till that moment on how it worked. Anyway at first it was calm and very boring, however all of a sudden all the phones rang at once and I had to answer them all so I did and I put two persons on hold and I transferred another call to an over the phone interpreter that could help them and then I lost two calls in the middle of this chaos I also got a request from the emergency room if I could help out in one of the rooms as an interpreter and at first I did not know how to work the pager and it took three turns to figure it out and I finally did and I told them that I would be there as soon as I was free. So when I finally figured everything out with the phone calls I went over to the hospital where I ran into one of the other interpreters and so I gave him the pager and I went to interpret, when I left that interpretation I went home where I told the story to my mom and dad, where they both stated their joy at me for being able to accomplish such a thing in so little time.

Then on Friday when I went to my job (since that is what I call it even though its just a volunteer position), my friends all said hello and then I was off to my first appointment even though the lady never showed, then I had another one where the appointment was cancelled that morning, then I had an appointment at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, where I did have a job adn when I returned I found the supervisor Jafet talking to Axel and to Ericka. And while I was going to sit down the supervisor asked "are we keeping you busy" and I said of course and that was when both Axel and Ericka told him about the day before and at the end of the story, he said that was one of the reasons why he accepted me as a volunteer because he saw that I could handle any situation that I was put into no matter what was required. Then right as he was saying this I went to the Emergency Room for an interpretation assistance. When I came back to the office everyone was chatting about their weekend and so I decided to relax and then they called from the Labor and Delivery department that they needed an interpreter so I decided to go and that was when the supervisor gave me a little note that said " Thanks for all your help in the interpreting department. We greatly appreciate your dedication to the department and willingness to work extra hours of the week." And I felt really blessed to have been able to take on this volunteer opportunity. Then I got home and my parents were happy for me and were proud that the supervisor had recognized all of my efforts to always keep doing my best :).

That's my week in review :)