My Job

Thought I'd change things up a bit today and talk a little about my job.  I'm an escort (love telling people that!) for children with special needs.  I take them to and from school, and also to respite.

Today I was taking one of my regular kids, she's autistic and was going to respite (time away from her family to give her mum a break).  The journey is approximately 45 minutes to an hour long.  I got bit.  She is known for biting, but she doesn't ever give you any warning.  I don't mean that most kids will go "I'm going to bite you now" I mean, she's not aggressive or agitated at all, she's all smiling and then CHOMP!

The bruise wasn't quite out there, I'm expecting it to look worse tomorrow.  Now you can see all the teeth marks - and god knows what she did to the middle bit, it looks a bit like a hickey, but she wasn't sucking, so I have no idea!

She's a lovely kid, and this hasn't put me off working with her, it just really, really, bloody hurt!

Did some more in my bedroom today, even though I felt like crap.  I don't know if it was just the fact that I didn't sleep well last night (was up every hour - Grrrr!) or whether things are catching up with me now.  I hope it's the former and not the latter.

The feature wall is almost finished now, just a few touch ups and the white needs another coat and it'll be all done!  Tomorrow I'm going to put the TV bracket back up, instead of watching it on a chair! Also my blind and curtains need to go up so I'm not getting undressed in front of a wide open window!

Oh, I'm also going to break up the large blue stripe in the middle with a black stripe.  Unless anyone else has a suggestion? I'm open to ideas, I just know it needs breaking up.  Normally, I'd ask her.

It has been really weird today, I haven't spoken to her at all.  I talked to her yesterday about her sister and I think it upset her a bit, but she didn't want to talk to me about it, even though I repeatedly asked if she was ok.  I've wanted to message her all day.  But I haven't.  I've checked Facebook to see if she's been on, she has, but hasn't written anything.  It's not just her being here I miss.  I miss talking to her too.  I miss being able to go "OMG, this just happened!".  I feel like I've got no one to laugh with at the moment.  And no one to watch scary movies with - which is something I'm really missing.

More work tomorrow in the morning, with the same kid.  I pray that I don't get bitten! It still bloody hurts!