Our group home just finished the dreaded audit. The prep for this ordeal is intense and labour intensive. I had heard rumours of how others had faired and I knew ours wouldn't be too scathing but you never know how things will shake out in the end. The auditor was pleasant and very detailed orientated. He had good suggestions but at the time all I was thinking is let this end. All the odd things that happened that day (getting up at 4:42 in the morning – definitely not me, then deciding to go to work extra early, finding my resident in a predicament before quickly fixing it and sending her off to work, having the toilet plugged up with unmentionable stuff and the auditor coming in an hour early) and I had lost my voice the day before made it a stressful time. I had taken cold medication - non-drowsy, lots of tea and Halls cough candies a combination that would ensure my heart was in overdrive and my nose was drip free and I wouldn't cough uncontrollably. By the end of the audit I was starting to get real tired. You know that fuzzy warm feeling where real thoughts are hard to come by. The auditor apparently liked our group home and now we are just waiting for the report. The evil eye baggage is a result of all the work that went into the audit. It wasn’t just me though, although I was rewarded with bags and eye puffiness, that made the audit successful, it was a real team effort. Everyone made sure that the place would pass. I want to thank Manny, Natasha, Brennus, Alyma, Dianne, Aster and Sunday for supporting me and for supporting our group home. Now if only they would pay for my brow lift and baggage removal.
