I have survived the first week of my final semester. It was a rough one with Internship, work and school all coming together to make for one very busy, very very stressing week. But now it's over and I am still alive.
Classes are going to be challenging, but that's how I like it. Especially in my Interpreting class. We are all quite aware of how important it is for us to have our skills in place when we graduate, so it comes as no surprise that our teacher is warning us that if we don't get there he will fail us. Being aware did not soften the blow when he said so in class on Monday. What did help was his supsequent explanation of how he was going to get us there. We will work hard. We will probably cry. But in then end we will be better interpreters. And that is the goal.
My last day at VECTOR - my internship - made me cry. The interpreting team were all so sweet. Every last one of them reminded me to pick up an aplication in the office before I left because they were sure that there would be an opening next year and wanted to see me get the job. They also all had wonderful things to say about improvements they saw in my work (and some good comments about what I still need to work on and suggestions for how to do that). The students were wonderful too. They wished me luck and hoped to see me again when I become a "grown up" interpreter. One of the DCD kids wanted me to stay so that I would be able to interpret for him. Even the teachers all had kind words for me. I have never felt so welcomed in my life - and then I had to leave.
Work on the other had made me scream. We changed database systems on Thursday, and wouldn't you know it - they loaded all the printers wrong. They also managed to screw up the security settings for half the secretaries so that they couldn't do their work. And on top of that, my boss decided that it was the perfect time to ask me to rearrange several of the storage closets (because I have so much extra time on my hands - yeah right). By the end of Friday the IT folks had managed to get out printers loaded properly and working. Now if they would just sort out N's security settings so that she can do what she is supposed to everything will work out fine.
Next week routine should begin to set in. Oh won't that be nice.