Wednesday, September 8, 2010

First Day Nerves

Yesterday was my first day at my new job and I don't think anyone ever gets over the first day anything.  These past few weeks have been CRAZY.  I haven't had any time to wrap my head around everything.  I got a new job, had a major move in less than three weeks, my grandfather had a heart attack, and my sister in law is pregnant and due sometime this month.  The only thing I can say is, my poor parents!  My respect for them has quadrupled over the past year.

So, all of this has resulted in my being very stressed and continually pissing my friends off.  I haven't meant to, it's just been part of the whole deal.  Anyway, so my first day.  I have to admit, it didn't even hit me that I was starting a new job until halfway through my first day of orientation and we were going over HIPAA training.  I had a, "That's not the way MUSC does it" moment.  And that's when it hit me.  I have a new job.  I have to learn everything over.  I have another probation period where I can't mess anything up or I can get fired for no reason.  None.  That's when I started looking for a place to throw up.  I think I'm so nervous about this job because I thought it would be a long time before I had to look for another one.  I really thought I would be in Charleston for much longer than I was, but that's not the way things worked out.  So, I'm back to square one.  Which means my stomach hurts constantly and I'm not sleeping because I'm worried that I won't hear my alarms.  Which means that I'm exhausted when I'm at work and not sleeping when I'm at home.  So yeah, you can imagine where my performance level is right now.

My first impression of the hospital is a good one.  I have to say it's mostly of this video they showed of a dog getting better treatment at his vet than his owner did at the doctor.  Which is the way God intended it.

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