Diary entry 3 - My work at a handicapped Church

So today the alarm went at 8, not to work at [Supermarket] but to work at my second job, [Church]...

Or actually first job?? I worked here for 2 years. So ME?!?! An openly ALT GAY TRANS ATHEIST MEN working at a CHURCH??!!?! Yes, let me give some backstory to how this happened. I went to a video/animation collage, through there I found this internship, a pretty unusual one. I worked in healthcare, it's an institution where very handicapped people live, people who are too much care to live with the parents, and also get too old for the parents. Or handicapped people who want to live their own life and move out, but can't live on their own. This institution is build like a small village where people can live in different amount of care and independence. Some people will live in groups with only their own bedroom and a shared living room, bathroom and kitchen. With about 5 other handicapped people, and 2 caregivers at a time who full time spend time with them, help them get ready for their jobs, make food, clean and other things.

Yes, the institution also provides jobs that fit these people. And they get their money weekly in cash, so it's easier for them to see the money and understand and spend however they want. (fun fact about the Netherlands, sex here is seen as a need for people and also for these people. Therefore, the government even provide the handicapped people with prostitutes if they want, government paid ofcouse. This is possible because prostitution here is legal and a respectable job. It's interesting whenever the president gives a press conference about the corona rules and states all rules for different places and professions. So also the rules for prostitution. But I'm going off-topic)

so the handicapped people can choose to live in groups with more care but less independence, then there's also the middle way where they can get their own apartment in this village with their own kitchen and bathroom. Here they can decide to live on their own full time or join the group only for dinnertime. Or get the care they need when things get bad, but get the independence they need when things are going good. Then there's a full independence option where you live outside the village with your own house, this way they can also live together with someone. They will have ties with the institution, so they can move back when needed. And the people from the healthcare will sometimes come by to check in and just drink some coffee. 

These people can have all kinds of handicaps and are on different levels. People usually categorize on what age they operate or think. Some people sit in a wheelchair, not able to speak or really to know what goes on most of the time. While others are able to live independently and hold a normal, stable job. One of my coworkers at the internship was actually a client here, and I didn't even notice.

But here I did my internship in the media department, we made funny videos for our the clients on our on TV station, we did live radio, helped with sound installations for shows of famous people who would come do shows. But we also made videos providing information for family, and on the site. Or for intern, for coworkers. One of the things that was immediately my job from the start was the church. I eddied their videos because of corona the clients were not allowed to go to the church anymore. Later when the corona rules got less we started doing livestreams. And that's where I come in now. Done with my internship, but they hired me at the church, where this is my responsibility now. They're trying to get rid of me tho because they want to do the livestreaming themselves, that's way cheaper. (I get paid double the amount per hour here than at [supermarket], and they also have to cover my traveling costs, so yeah it's a lot of money)

Today I forgot to check the weather before I left, and I put on my coool jacked witch was not fit for the cold weather of 3 degrees (37 F), wind, and it's also not waterproof against the rain... so that was a very cold bike ride. First I have to ride to the train station for 5 minutes then take the train to a city over there I rent a bike to ride from this city to one village further which is about a 15 minutes bike ride. And later also all of that back. All an all, it usually takes an hour to get to work. In total I ride my bike 25 km (15.5 miles) on a day like that. So when I got home I did feel like I caught a cold, but I feel fine now.

This work is only in the morning so I had the rest of the day to hang out with my boyfriend, he was drawing his my little pony kinsona (Fucking brony that he is).

I was planning things for his birthday ;) 
Which is more than a month away, but I can never be too early, and I'm having a lot of fun with it. 

Then we also watched an episode of the Witcher series, and then we played DnD. But what happened there ill tell later :)

Song Of The Day: Heb ik dat gezegd? - Frouke
I woke up with this song stuck in my head XD