#FirstDaySelfie

#firstdayselfie

Wow!
So obviously this post is a day late but I promise I won't leave you a dollar short!

Yesterday, in case you missed the memo, was my first day of work at my new job here in Maryland! I am a Graduate Assistant (GA) at the business school which is pretty much perfect for me.I have a business background and a history of working in an on campus office, so I basically was able to nail the interview and land a gig that will pay my tuition for the next two years. And I couldn't be happier.

The job itself isn't too hard. It does have a learning curve and I'm constantly asking questions but repetition is key and I can't know the answers unless I ask so I feel only slightly embarrassed to keep bugging my trainer. But whatever. I have a desk again! With an actual computer! And real people to talk to that I'm not related to! That have different life experiences than I do and can have adult conversations about them! Woot! (btw, I miss all of you ladies from my old job terribly and you can never be replaced!)

Basically this is what my days (well three days a week for now) will consist of:
Greet anyone who walks into the office
Try to answer their questions
Sometimes give them directions
(and a map)
Tell them where to go if they aren't a business student
Answer the phones
Transfer the phones
Put people on hold
Remember the advisors names
Have some coffee
And some water
Okay, have lots of water
Look at the online schedule
Make appointments
Tidy up the office
Lysol wipe down the counters and phones and keyboards and laminated maps and door handles
(okay, that last one is probably just me)

Oh and I tried to take a new route home and got absolutely lost. Had to break down and pull out my GPS. And then I spent an hour in CVS trying to refill a prescription. Annoying! But I managed to not get too riled up. After all, it's too hot down here to be seriously angry...today at least.

And that's pretty much the sum of my new job. Things are pretty slow on campus during the summer, you know with the lack of students and all. There are a few walk-ins per day and maybe a dozen or so phone calls but overall, the office is quiet. Which I don't really mind. It gives me a chance to get my feet underneath me so I can learn the job before going back to classes. Plus having this job will enable me to keep my focus on my schoolwork. Plus I get to teach some classes mid-semester. I will have a lot on my plate this fall and several things to adjust to but I think I've been doing well so far. Little by little and day by day, I am becoming a well rounded Maryland citizen.

I have a great job in a gorgeous building on a beautiful campus that also has a farm, did you know? Which means, I can also go get REAL ice cream, almost straight from the cow, and there is a student run co-op with fresh, local food. I can wander from library to library, have lunch with my aunt, sunbathe on the mall, or read under a shaded tree. I am one lucky duck.

Although tomorrow is my first early day. I have to be in at 8:15am...which means I need to be up at 6:30am. Ugh, time for bed.


What I'm reading: The End Games by T. Michael Martin
Progress: Just over 100 pages
Thoughts so far: A chilling and thrilling story of a post-apocalyptic world set in rural West Virginia of all places. Two brothers, 17 and 5, are playing a game for their lives, one that I can't put down. Except at night when it gets too scary.