Day 16- PMAB 2 and a little Spanish

Waking up at 5 in the morning to get to my last day of orientation by 8am was rewarding. Partly, because I had mis counted the timing of the buses I would be taking and thought for sure I was going to be late. But nope, made it with 15 minutes to spare.

We reviewed all the exercises we were taught yesterday with our partners and had to present them in front of the class, individually. Then we began the "getting on the floor and being kicked around activities." We needed mats for this set. We learned how to double team a consumer to the floor and keep him or her their until it was safe to release them.

All the exercises made a lot of sense, in terms of how to deal with a patient undergoing a crisis. However, I am not sure as to how many of these practices I personally will be implementing myself. But it's always good to know.

The highlight of my day:
1. Began my day with the best coffee, well the only coffee I have bought in El Paso from a local bakery.
2. There was this woman in my self- defense class who just assumed I spoke Spanish. Well also, when she asked me questions such as "Como te llama," I answered promptly and with a smile too, instead of proclaiming my lack of Spanish skills. But anyhow throughout today's session she would tell me random things in Spanish about what I am assuming how she messed up the exercise when presenting and I thought it was the coolest thing ever. I tried to not be around her only because then she may want to have a full blown conversation in Spanish and I would have to tell her the truth.Yo hablo muy poco espanol. There was a certain amount of comfort established between us simply under the pretense of me speaking Spanish and well smiling...that always makes people comfortable.

:)