The first day of work...

Well, this is going to be short because it is "late" (9:55pm for all of you who are curious) and I have to be in bed at the old fogey time of 10:30pm because I am now a member of the working world. Thank God! :)

Today was wonderful, scary and a challenge... just what you would want your first day at a new job to be. I can see where the pitfalls are going to be, but the challenges don't look insurmountable at this point. I went to all four of my "offices" today. I met between 50-75 people. I was briefly introduced to about 90% of those people, so there is no way I will remember their names. I will be going on the location of any given person for indentification purposes for a while... for example, if there is a male person sitting in Joe Blow's cubicle, I am going to call him Joe. I could be wrong, but at least I will have a shot. :)

I can also see how this is going to be an incredible job, with a lot of wiggle room for me to really make the job my own and start some really innovative programs. I have tons of ideas for how to do these things, but I want to get a look at all the stuff that has been done in the past before I begin. Unfortunately, with the amount of turnover both in DVRC and DHS, institutional memory has a tendency to be a little forgetful. That is one of the challenges I will be faced with.

Another is getting established. And making sure everyone knows my schedule, knows when I will be at which office, knows EXACTLY what my job is so they aren't referring inappropriate clients to me, etc. I figure this will take a good 3-6 months to get accomplished. Wish me luck.

But, I think today went well. I already worked an extra half an hour, so I have to find out if I am allowed to get overtime. If not, then I will get to leave a half an hour early one of the days this week. Either way it is all good... extra money, or extra free time. Life is beautiful.

Well, that is about all for now. I really am very tired, the kind of tired that brings to mind the phrase, "I am tired, Lord. My body's weary." I know that is from a show or a movie somewhere... I am just too tired to try to think of it right now.

Thanks again to everyone who wrote to tell me congratulations, or how happy they are for me, etc. I love all of you guys, and I am very happy about this new opportunity myself.

Thanks again and love to all,

Sherry