I had my first day of work today. I'm still so pooped this is going to be short -- as Adam said, my biorhythms aren't aligned with the 9-to-5 grind yet. Indeed.
After feeling all jacked up on nerves last night, I didn't sleep very well, but adrenaline got me through the day. I was oriented for a couple hours, and then met with my boss to go over my duties. To say I'm feeling overwhelmed is an understatement. I'm really going to be stretching my abilities in many domains all at once. This is going to be interesting. Very interesting. God, I hope I can do this.
I got an email from the director at Job A -- the one that was hoping to lure me back. She wrote me this very nice, encouraging email that basically said she felt bad about making me feel torn about what to do, and that she thinks I should really throw myself into Job B and learn lots, kicks ass and take names, and all that. She's decided to restructure the division of duties at her library and outsource a bit of the work, so that she won't actually be hiring a new staff member at this point. This is actually EXCELLENT news because a) I can now feel completely committed to job B without feeling torn and b) this means that when/if the full time position opens up next year due to a librarian retiring, she won't have to promote from within (since it's civil service) and can hire from outside -- i.e. me, if I want it.
OK, time for some well earned vegging in front of Bones with a nice glass of chardonnay.
Peace out y'all.
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I love it when things just work out like that. It is so much better for you to have your mind on this job than feeling torn like 'should i stay here or go to the other job?'
ReplyDeleteYou are going to be so psyched for Friday night after this first week of work. You will fall right to sleep on the couch with a glass of wine for sure:)
Yahoo!! Sounds great, and like Julie said, now you won't have any "what if" questions in your head.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the new job!
I'm with Julie, it's great that you'll be able to really dig into this job, but I get the feeling that you'd work hard at any job you were hired for!!! I'm excited to hear how the whole week goes and wish you the best!!
ReplyDeleteWow...sounds like life is being so very nice at the moment.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the new job...dive in and relax knowing the what ifs are looking after themselves :)
Yay! Good luck this week. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad this unfolded this way for you. I think it would have been impossible to really give this job a full shot if you had another option floating around in the back of your mind.
ReplyDeleteGood luck adjusting to your new schedule this week.