Winter Break 2013

I've been in Winnipeg since December 14th! It's my winter break now so I'm trying to take it easy. Being back in Winnipeg after being by myself (with roommates) is nice. To be honest I miss my family, but I miss being by myself and coordinating my own schedule. I hate working rides out with my family, and not having my own vehicle. Someday when I'm able finance my own car.. I am going to be so happy!!! For now.. I will have to suffer a little bit.

I've been doing a lot of job shadowing lately. I've met up with wonderful mentors and I appreciate the experience so much. Here's a list of what I've seen lately:

• interviewed a hoarding house landlord
• kitchen inspection (high priority) at a bar
• assisted living (children)
• served an order physically (however we require to send it via Registered Mail)
• kitchen inspection in a coffee house (reinspection)
• opening day-care resinspection
• tattoo parlour (inspection)
• assisted living (adults)
• bar/kitchen (for opening inspection approval)

Tomorrow I will be going to a food facility that packages food for major hospitals in the area with another inspector. I am pretty excited! Seriously, I have been learning a lot and gaining a lot of experience from going out job shadowing. It's exciting. I feel like I'm seeing everything through a different lense now that I'm 1/3 through school. 

For the tattoo inspection, I gave some recommendations about how the sterilized packages should be stored. I noticed they were not really stored properly because they were folded and stacked upon each other. In addition, I found that inspection was a bit frightening because the operator was angry about some bureaucracy issues. All in all, it was a great experience and I'd like to write some notes on it! I feel like this career path is definitely tough but I enjoy the challenge in my work. I realize that I need to be a lot more organized in the future in order to succeed in my field. I will definitely try and I WILL MAKE IT.

Currently I am sitting in the most awkward position possible at the Kenaston Safeway. The chairs are right beside this cashier so as people pay for their groceries, they get to stare at my face while I type away. Seriously. Who the hell designs this seating? I feel so uncomfortable but alas, I have no choice since i have nowhere to go right now. And, its -40 below outside. I'll just sit here and enjoy my overpriced Starbucks drink :)