I started my first night at the job last night and it was actually pretty nice. The lady that was helping to train me was so peaceful and so much like me when it came to our organizational skills and even down to how we like to interact with others. It was the strangest thing! I loved working and talking with her, but it was a weird setup because I was only to be there for this one night. My position is at another house where there's 2 staff overnight and so it was weird that I was here to train for the one night and their house might be ran a little differently than the actual house I'll be at. I really think it was kind of "meant to be" with meeting her because I appreciated her honesty with what to expect with some things and not trying to sugar coat it that every night will be a quiet one. Also, it was kind of freaky that we were very similar in almost all aspects, such as our personality type and even down to the way we organize everything. We even shared the same annoyances when it comes to us trying to conserve energy in our homes and the little tidbits we do for it. I really did enjoy my one night there but now I go to my actual house so I'm anxious but still excited to see what it will be like when I get there. Also, I talked with her about how this was my first professional job as I try to gain that experience in this field, but that I did have a lot of personal experience with growing up with different foster kids that came into my mom's home and had different levels of disabilities. I had to learn how to de-escalate situations and how to really approach them on their individual levels and so I think that will definitely help me as I try to keep it in my mind that personal experience does count and will help me to thrive professionally.
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