Prom season has started and for me that mean one thing – more work! I do some part-time work for a photographer who goes to proms and other events. In the last week I have worked at Tormead School PTA Dinner Dance, Ascot Charitable Ball and Guildford County School Prom. My job is to show people their photos, crop them, print them and collect money. It sounds like an easy job but when you have a long queue of people wanting to see their pictures and one person at the front of the queue who insists on touching the touch-screen monitor, nearly deleting all the photos taken that evening, you realise that there’s a bit more to it than there seems. At Ascot in particular, the difficulties increased as the evening went on and people had more alcohol.
This time of year at Wildlife Aid is the busiest that I’ve every seen it. Last week there were 15 pigeons, 30 ducklings, a vole, three baby rabbits, 30 baby squirrels, a duck, two baby tawny owls, over 70 fledglings and a few hedgehogs. The fledgling need to be fed every half an hour so by the time you’ve fed them all it’s time to start all over again!
I’m having driving and dancing lessons every week which are both going well. I’m getting much more confident at getting around on the road and the dancefloor. I am attemping to master all the driving maneuvers that I will be tested on and the dance moves, that I know as a woman, as a man.
I’m still going to the Cohbam Park Vet’s every week and since study leave for my exams has now started I can spend whole days there. On Monday I got to watch a bitch spay and a cocker spaniel having its ear examined and x-rays on its skull while anaesthetised, as well as the consults that day. While both of the dogs were under anaesthetic I had to measure their breathing and heart rates and check that they didn’t have a blink reflex every few minutes. I’ve also been in contact with another veterinary practice which I will hopefully also be working at soon.
My study leave has now started (as I said before) and my first exam was this afternoon, it was my Biology Practical Work Review. One down nine to go! The weather is nearly into the sort of heat that we only expect in the middle of summer. Fortunately it cools down in the evenings so we can enjoy the sun in the day but not have to have unbearable nights sleep. Most people are really enjoying the good weather but it makes it much harder to revise when you look outside and you see how nice it looks, so I was quite glad when the weatherman announced that it is going to rain on Thursday.
