I got up early today, not feeling too bad given the night I had! I went to the garage earlier than Bob was expecting me as there was nothing to do in the house so I thought I might as well see if there was anything he needed doing before I started. Bob was really cool all day, he let me go out with Liam for half of the day where I pretty much picked up everything. Its not exactly hard though! The car comes in, Tom, at the front window takes down what they want, we go through and wash it, dry it off, then take the cash from the guy. That's pretty much it, as I said its not rocket science!
I was on my own some of the time when it got busy in the afternoon and Bob was right, the easiest way to learn is to just jump right in. I really enjoyed it. In the afternoon Bob took me to the downstairs office where he said all of the receipts and other details are kept. He showed me around that area, then took me into the side garage. He asked if I wanted to start learning now, I was like 'yes!' It was a lot harder than cleaning the cars was, but I definitely enjoyed it more.
It was more thought provoking, and we only did the basics of what was under to car hood! I also showed him how I would change a tyre, which was right, so he didn't need to show me that. We shut at five and I stayed behind to help him clean and lock up. Bob gave me $40 for today! I said 'thanks,' and he was like, 'don't thank me, you earned it.' As I already said, I really like Bob.
The only minor of the day was that he asked me to bring all of my contact details in next Saturday. He himself said he knew it was stupid as they knew me and where I am from, but they need to have contact details of employers in case of emergencies. I'll have to think of something for that, there's only my mom and Dave, and neither of them have a contact number. I think I will just tell Bob straight out, he will understand, and I don't want to lie to him. He probably knows anyway, I've known Lee since we started of school a long time ago.
When I got home mom asked me to babysit for Cazzy as Zack was taking her out for a meal. She left me money for a pizza, which was cool for a change. I put all of Cazzys children videos on to keep her quiet, and she was captivated by them! I don't know how kids can learn anything from them though, they just repeat the same thing over and over. Surely they bore the kids as much as they did me?!
After I put Caz in her cot I said night to her and before I had time to turn the light off she was waving at me. She has only done it a few times this week but she looks so cute when she does it. I waved back and said, 'bye bye carol,' and she said 'bye' back! It sounded more like 'buy,' and her voice was deep and sounded slightly strained, but I bet that is because she has hardly spoken yet, shes still learning. I went over and fussed her making sure she knew what she did was a good thing before putting her back in bed. As I said bye again she didn't say anymore so I turned the light off. I am still impressed though .All she has said before is 'lalalalala' and 'mumma,' and the occasional 'hack,' which I am guessing is supposed to mean Jack!
Still, it was a great day to follow a brilliant night, I hope tomorrow will be just as good, it seems were on a roll!
Jack.