So it was my first day, and like any other, I was nervous. I entered the work room to see familiar faces and I decided to stay inside (there's an outside print room and an inside one) cause it's quieter, I was a little tired, and I didn't want to mess up with the bigger jobs.
I expected on your toes work, constantly delivering print outs and running around everywhere, but it was dead. We would have a report every 30 minutes or more, and it would take 5 minutes to complete. We got to watch the sledge hockey games on TV, with dedicated Paralympic channels, along with the syndicated CTV, RDS, TSN, Sportsnet. It was amazing to watch the shootout between Sweden and Norway, with Norway winning. Their moves were sick, one player doing a fake shot, then shooting from underneath his sled.
The food was atrocious. There was a choice of curry or chicken gumbo soup, I took the gumbo soup and it wasn't quite good. Main dish was either the chili or pork with either rice or noodles and a side of veggies. The pork had a beige sauce, and I've never eaten a beige sauce so I had to pass and went with the Chili and Noodles. It was pretty dry. Let's hope for better food tomorrow! at the very least we got a fruit, free cookies, and a soft drink of our choice.
We made frequent visits to the other print room during our downtime, as well as watching live the sledge hockey games. It was a lot of fun meeting the people and talking to them and getting to know them. I will try to update with pictures the next time as I was afraid to bring my camera today, but it seems like I can for tomorrow.
A lovely co-volunteer drove me to a sky train stop after our shift was cut early (1030 instead of 1130). Bed time beckons.
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