Josie's J.O.B.

On Thursday Josie had her very own J.O.B.  If you remember Benjamin had his first job debut back in June.  He went in and played a video game for about 30 minutes and afterward was asked a series of questions.  He was given a few chocolates and a 15 Euro gift card to Amazon for his time.  He was in HEAVEN. Not only for the one off job but to know that grown adults can do this for a full time job.  Really, his mind was blown.
A week or so after Benjamin had gone in the company emailed me asking if Josie would also like to come in.  It was met with a resounding YES.  Not only did she want the 15 Euro gift card but it was one of the first times that he
had done something that she hadn't done and more importantly that he did it first.   Back in June we scheduled a date in August after our return from Seattle and Thursday was the day.  And because the appointment was early enough in the day Marty came along too.
Josie was given a cell phone, much like Benjamin, and told to go ahead and play and if she got stuck or had questions to ask.  There were two people in the room with us - one woman took several pages of copious notes about which buttons Josie was pushing and how she was navigating through the game.  The other guy watched too but didn't ask questions.  They are always so so nice to us.  I think having kids come in is quite a novelty but they really bend over backwards for us.  They handed Benjamin an iPad to play on while Josie was testing.  He was in heaven again.

At the end of the testing they asked Josie a few questions.  I don't know why she always clams up when asked a direct question by an adult.  She gave a few one or two word answers and then the interview was over.  They thanked us again and gave us popsicles.  It was another brutally HOT day.  Well into the upper 90's.
After Josie's J.O.B. she was also happy but really just to have earned 15 Euro and to make sure her brother didn't get to do something she didn't have the chance at as well.
We headed to Steglitz on our way home to grab the VERY best falafel in the city.  Afterward Josie and I stayed as our falafel place is in a shopping area and she needed a few things for her upcoming

5 day hiking camp with school.  We head there and are thankful for the air conditioning... until we have to walk back out into the heat again.
We eat a light dinner of fruit and salad again.  It is just too damn hot to cook or eat.  We end up in Benjamin's meat locker of a room. His is the smallest and the coolest by far.  We play a few games of exploding kittens and then realize it was a mistake to be in the comfy cool room for so long as the hallway and rest of the house was still so hot and humid that when we walked out it was like getting punched in the gut with the hot stagnant air.  But that night it rained and stormed and thankfully brought along breezy cooling winds.  Thankful for the cooling off for a bit.