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September 14, 2008
The sun has got his hat on - hip hip hip hooray!
Doing an early shift is always my favourite. I like to come in when all is quiet and only Jack who always gets up at four is awake drinking his tea. When I walk into the office, the tired night staff are finishing up their paperwork and doing last preparations before they go home to sleep. After greetings and getting a report about how the night went, we crack on with the day. The garden door is opened to let in some much needed fresh airand I go to the kitchen and start getting breakfast ready. Slowly some of the residents venture out to get a towel or have their morning cigarette.
I will be in the kitchen for a while as some rise earlier than others and in the gaps I am stocking up also on cereal, jam, butter and various other condiments. All of the other staff will at some point come in individually to get their breakfast or make some tea. It is an opportunity for us to chat and for me to see how they are and connect with my team.
After breakfast there is no fixed routine and we simply need to go with the flow depending on who needs what.
This works well for me as I very much value a sense of routine in my life however it is also good to have room for the unknown to occur.
Posted by Russell at September 14, 2008 09:02 AM