"Jennifer."
I had a few phone calls today, the first one was from Humanitas. It was for the 'volunteer visits' I'm gonna do, 'they' found someone who needs a friendly visitor. Again a reminder: This volunteer job is a job where I will be
visiting people who have little social contacts, people who would like
to do something but are not able to do such. These people are mostly
elderly people, but aswell people who are handicapped or such. I will
visit them, they can fill in their own needs of what they would like to
do, that can be anything. A walk, a bicycle ride, a chat or just a
coffee, etc, etc. I will be doing the visits with a group of other
volunteers, everyone has their own applicant It's not that we go to the
person with the whole group, lol.
My applicant's name is Jennifer, I don't know much about Jeniffer yet. Though I only know that she's 51 and lives near.Almost walking distance. Next week Friday I will probably meet her, I said probably cause I might have to work a extra half day. Yeah, it's getting busier at work. Anyway, back to Jennifer. She will be my first applicant and ofcource I'm nervous, lol. But it will go fine I'm sure, this is just something new, I will get used to this new thing. I will have to be there for my applicant, so I guess I have to be brave, lol. It will be good for not only Jennifer, but aswell for me. Like I said, next week Friday is our first meeting, it's like a 'getting to know each other' meeting. And no! It's not a date, LOL! Sounds like it but it's not. Another reminder: The volunteer visits regularly the applicant.
Volunteer and applicant discus with each other which activities they will undertake weekly or monthly. It is therefore important that both people have similar interests. The activities can be almost just anything, shopping together, walking, cycling, watching movies, fishing, visiting museums, drink a coffee, help with homework and perhaps give lessons. The second phone call I received was from a counselor who I visited just two day after my Dad passed away, yeah, I was confussed then, didn't know what actually to do, or what's next. Aswell anxious for the following days. The counselor told that I was way to early for searching for counseling, it was a day before my Dad's funeral, yeah, that was way to early. The counselor told me then that she will call me within six weeks.
And today she called for a appointment. The third of April I will have my appointment with the same counselor, yeah, I figured why not? I mean I'm still okay and feel relaxed, but, who knows, maybe she can give some tips or advice. It was a nice and relaxing day, although I didn't do much the day flew by. Groceries are mostly done, tomorrow I will do the rest. Tomorrow I will be out aswell, I decided to go to the city Zutphen. Only a little hour with the train from my city, it's gonna be a cold day tomorrow. Cold streaming wind and temperatures below zero, they forspelled a bit of snow aswell. I don't mind, when I decide to go out I go out, lol. Dress warm!
