Blog #9

1) What are you most stressed-out with at the moment? Why? Is your body re-acting to this stress? Devise a plan to deal with it.
I'm really stressed about all of my final exams and how i'm going to pass all of my classes. My body feels like it isn't responding well and i'm over-tired and don't know what to do. I'm going to try to leave time fo all of my studying and of course sleep!
2) FFN: Chapter 8 / This is a creative writing exercise! Read the following scenario and finish it based on your knowledge after reading Chapter 8.
You are "Raul" and have just immigrated to the American West illegally from Mexico. You brought your wife and two young children with you on a frightening and expensive 4-day journey in the back of a beat-up truck to arrive in Texas. You can't find work there and Border Patrol is cracking down, so you decide to migrate north a bit where you have relatives in Colorado. You are hired on the spot by ConAgra to work in one of their "beef processing" plants.

-Describe in sensory detail your place of employment. (What's it look like, what is going on, how do people act, what do you wear, what is your job? etc..)
Everyone in this factory seem gloomy, and they aren't friendly at all. Everyday i come to work i wear boots, a meat coat and a bunch of metal sheets so the equiptment doesn't hurt me. It is very unsanitary and there is blood everywhere, my duty is to knock the cattle out by shooting them, it is very disturbing, but it's what my job entails and i get paid for it.
-How much $$$ do you earn?
My wage is around 30,000 dollars plus any bonuses i might earn.
-How do your days go? What are your work hours and what do you do after work?
My days are very long, i work a full 8 hour day that drains the life right out of me. After work i come home, eat and go to bed, because this is all i can manage.
-Where do you live, what do you live in, how is your quality of life?
I live in a small house with my family. The quality of my life isn't much worse than it was back in Mexico, actually i feel that it is better than my life back in Mexico, i can provide more for my family, i just wish i could spend more time with them.