No real deep thoughts to add, I haven't had the time for any of those! But I know I am remiss in keeping this up, but since I started my new job I have definitely been struggling to do all the things I was able to do before when I could play on the internet all during my work day. Those days are definitely gone! But...I am so very happy at my new job, I just wanted to share that experience at this point.
It has been two full weeks and I am loving it! I have a great trainer, who is actually my age and we get along pretty well I would say, he is a lot of fun and really relaxed, and also has the same sense of humor so I enjoy my time with him. He is also a great trainer and I have learned so much in the last two weeks. I am just wondering when my brain is going to run out of room cause I am just putting in more and more information! He also is really cool about letting me try stuff, on my second day he had me on the radio doing our signoff, and he has really let me, mmm, for lack of a less cheesy phrase, spread my wings the last two weeks. My other trainer is also really great, she has been there about 10 years or so and my supervisor is also awesome. And everyone there has varying degrees of OCD, remarkably I might be the least OCD out of all of them! So me and all my compulsive routines fit in there perfectly!
I am running about a week ahead of schedule in my training, which is cool, and I passed my last two Phase tests with 92 and 97 %s, I do tons of reading and quite a bit of memorizing outside of work, this job truly is the challenge I was needing to keep my brain from turning to mush. Next week we have our annual inspection, so the last few days have been just doing alot of cleaning and busywork, like me putting up all the traffic collisions that happened over an 18 month period with little tiny colored pins. Yes, it was as exciting as it sounds. :p But after inspections, I should get more time on the radio practicing my License Plate checks, and running driver's licenses, etc. They sent me home with a radio scanner so I can listen while I am at home and last night we heard someone get stopped with an open warrant! Yep, these things happen even in lil ol' Scotts Valley. :) But for the most part, it is fairly quiet, small town stuff, nothing like other cities I know, but really I am fine with that, especially for now while I am learning. I have been exhausted at the end of every day and still have lots to do, so other things have been falling by the wayside, sadly mostly my personal contacts with people, but I am hoping as I get the hang of things that it will all balance out. Next week I work 60 hours which will be interesting, my brain might turn into mush for a completely different reason!
I feel like I have been at this job forever, and it has only been two weeks (in a good way of course), so I feel like it truly is the fit I thought it would be, and am excited to keep pushing and keep getting better!
oh and I don't know if it is just coincidence or not, but the arrival of the Pumpkin Spice Latte coincided with the starting of my new job, so my outlook just may be rosier because of it! I love me my PSLs!!!!! :) So with the drink, the fall weather and the new job going so well, I am sitting pretty fat and happy!!
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