Surviving the New Job ...

I am trying to make a list of all the things I haven't blogged about (but wanted to) over the past several months. Let's see -- my Mother's Day trip to Atlanta, the trip Dave and I took there in late June/early July. Our trip to Gettysburg ... William's birthday ... the list goes on and on.

However, I'm probably going to have to start with more current stuff and work backwards with "flashbacks" about what's been happening in the Paine family. It's just easier that way!

So I should probably start by mentioning that I have a new job. I decided phlebotomy just wasn't for me and decided to focus on looking for customer-oriented lines of work. I also was hoping to find something close to home (yeah, I was thinking of those nasty drives to RIT during those winter snowstorms and how much I never wanted to have to go through that again). Lo and behold I noticed that The Bank of Castile was looking for a bank teller at their Greece office. Hmmm ... 3 miles up the road. Five minutes from home. Out went the resume and in came a call for an interview.

It was kind of interesting that all this happened at the same time
I was considering a position with The American Red Cross. God certainly answered my prayers when I asked Him to intervene if that wasn't the right path. And the timing worked out so perfectly as I was able to get two interviews in before heading to Massachusetts with Dave (business trip for him). In fact, I was fielding calls about the job the whole time we were there and accepted the job while driving home.

So -- I started August 31st. I spent the first week training in Batavia (yep, an hour drive ... 40 miles each way!) and then the next two weeks in Caledonia (just as long a drive but only 30 miles ...)

I had such great experiences in both places. I was just hoping that working in the Greece office would be as nice.

Today was my first day in the Greece office. I'm so glad that's under my belt. It's nice to feel like I finally have a home after 3 weeks training in different locations. I'm excited to get to know the people working in Greece -- they sure seem like a fun bunch.

I'm hoping my feet will adjust to standing the majority of the day and that processing all the various transactions will soon become second nature. I know that it all just takes time. Looking forward to it all getting easier!

One day down ...