Two Jobs, One Day

Rosa is from Honduras. She is twenty-four, and she lives in Miami with her aunt. Rosa has a very long day.

She gets up at four o'clock in the morning. She doesn't have breakfast at home. She takes the bus at five and eats a banana on the bus.

From six to two, Rosa cleans offices in a big building downtown. She cleans desks, floors and windows. The work is hard, and she doesn't talk much at work.

In the afternoon, she goes home, has lunch and studies for two hours. She doesn't watch TV. She doesn't have time.

At six o'clock, Rosa goes to college. She studies nursing. Her classes finish at ten at night. She gets home at eleven and goes to bed at midnight. She doesn't sleep much, only four or five hours.

Her aunt worries about her. "Rosa, you work too much!" But Rosa has a plan. "I want to be a nurse," she says. "I want to work in a hospital and help people."

On Sunday, Rosa doesn't work and she doesn't study. She sleeps until ten, and then she cooks a big lunch for her aunt.