An Unexpected day

I did a dyspraxia awreness training day for the Shaw Trust in Birmingham on Monday. At the Inclusion conference I commented that the Parogon Hotel is the sort of Hotel the Shaw trust sends me so as predicted I stayed there last Sunday evening.

I managed to Blag my way through quite an eventful day. I didnt sleep well the night before because I picked up an ear infection from the Gym I joined (so much for healthy living which has made me unhealthy).

I Asked at reception how far away the training venue was from the Hotel and was advised there was no need to get a taxi as it was only a 5 mins walk away. Was it heck! by the time I found it it took 30 mins. As a coping strategy I asked the Shaw Trust to print out my handouts and deliver them to the venue as I usually get them out of sequence as I dont employ a Personal assintant.

I arived deaf and without my specks which got stolen in the gym, to find that my handouts were missing and blagged my way for an hour until they were found. To cap it all just when it came to doing the Powerpoint prsentation my laptop refdused to speak to the projector and I had to just do the presentation from the Handouts.

I forgot to swithch off my phone so it went off in the middle so I cut the person off who phoned me. When I phoned her back my friend was in tears about somthing so I had to support her rather than say goodbye properly to the people that I was training.



In spite of this We got through everything that I had planned and we finished early Hopfully the people that I was training were impresed with the way I delt with the mishaps like a trooper. LOL and I dont get a poor evaluation.



The good news is my part time Travel training job with a Mental Health Charity in Bolton is funded until June and my boss is hopeful that we will be getting 5 years lottery funding to continue the project. I probably could get a better job but its not easy getting a job during the credit crunch and one thats suitable for my dyspraxia, as most employers dont give a toss about removing disabling bariers.