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My week in review...
Oct. 9th, 2010 08:00 pmIsn't it amazing how much your life can change in seven days? One week ago today I was moving in to my new apartment, anxiously awaiting the start of my new job.
So let's rewind a little and review. Last Friday (the 1st of October) my family and I packed up all of my stuff into the moving truck (and two cars - mine held all the toys and clothes) and headed off to Redding. Or rather, went back to the house twice to get stuff we forget. One of which was my DVD player that I discovered didn't work when we got to the apartment. :(
So after getting ourselves together and finally getting on the road, the journey itself was pretty uneventful. I listened to Masters Cast podcasts through one earbud, which made the time go much more quickly.
I arrived at the apartment first, only to find the power not on. Since I have a general lack of knowledge in anything mechanical/electrical, I frantically called the power company, who told me I had to just flip the main breaker outside. And voila! Electricity is a wonderful thing.
Mom arrived soon after me, and we unloaded her car (which had more fragile things like the TV, computer, etc.) before my brother and dad arrived with the U-haul truck. Cue hours and hours of unloading and arranging of my stuff. Seriously, we started at around four and finally went to get some pizza at 10 pm. And after pizza, we came back and put my bed together (and blew up the air bed in the office). Needless to say, we all slept like the dead that night.
The next day we were going to go to the area church, but just ended getting up too late. So we went out to the Sundial Bridge (apparently Redding's only attraction) and got some great photos. That night my brother and dad set up the TV, and we attempted to get my internet all hooked up.
Sunday found us taking care of a few last minute things like making a Target run for things nobody had thought of previously, and ordering a washer and dryer at Best Buy. My family finally got off from here around 4 pm, putting them home by about 7 pm. Though I feel bad because then my brother had to drive another two hours to get to his home!
I slept poorly that first night by myself. I knew I would - it reminded me of my first night alone in Sacramento for Rotations. So being alone + much bigger bed = bad sleep. I've slept on a twin bed for 17 years. A queen just feels weird. (I still just sleep on one side of it.)
Work started on Monday morning at 9 am. I've been very thankful that everyone there has been so nice and understanding! There's a guy who graduated a year ahead of me in pharmacy school, and he told me that it'll take at least eight months for me to feel pretty comfortable in my job. Yikes.
So as you can imagine, it has been a week of trying to remember things from school and coming across things I've never seen before. I do lots of order inputting, and go on rounds every day with whoever is the clinical pharmacist for the week (plus the pharmacy student, which is fun). I have a big orientation coming up on Monday, which will be nice for getting me out of the pharmacy for a few hours. :)
I'm currently working four 10 hour days per week, with hours generally from 9 to 7:30. I never truly appreciated how tiring a ten-hour day is until now. You hit that eight hour mark and sometimes you're just dying to leave. Then by the time I get home, I've only really got three hours to scare up something to eat and maybe watch a few episodes of a show. So that'll definitely take some getting used to.
I have four days off this coming weekend, so I think I'm going to jet out on Thursday night after work and get home late...but then I'll have three full days at home. :) Oh, and then I can due to monthly Matty Collector order the next morning! XD
Anyway, I'm going to go watch some more of the Glass Mask (a great anime about the acting world) and relax because tomorrow will bring some more cleaning with it!
So let's rewind a little and review. Last Friday (the 1st of October) my family and I packed up all of my stuff into the moving truck (and two cars - mine held all the toys and clothes) and headed off to Redding. Or rather, went back to the house twice to get stuff we forget. One of which was my DVD player that I discovered didn't work when we got to the apartment. :(
So after getting ourselves together and finally getting on the road, the journey itself was pretty uneventful. I listened to Masters Cast podcasts through one earbud, which made the time go much more quickly.
I arrived at the apartment first, only to find the power not on. Since I have a general lack of knowledge in anything mechanical/electrical, I frantically called the power company, who told me I had to just flip the main breaker outside. And voila! Electricity is a wonderful thing.
Mom arrived soon after me, and we unloaded her car (which had more fragile things like the TV, computer, etc.) before my brother and dad arrived with the U-haul truck. Cue hours and hours of unloading and arranging of my stuff. Seriously, we started at around four and finally went to get some pizza at 10 pm. And after pizza, we came back and put my bed together (and blew up the air bed in the office). Needless to say, we all slept like the dead that night.
The next day we were going to go to the area church, but just ended getting up too late. So we went out to the Sundial Bridge (apparently Redding's only attraction) and got some great photos. That night my brother and dad set up the TV, and we attempted to get my internet all hooked up.
Sunday found us taking care of a few last minute things like making a Target run for things nobody had thought of previously, and ordering a washer and dryer at Best Buy. My family finally got off from here around 4 pm, putting them home by about 7 pm. Though I feel bad because then my brother had to drive another two hours to get to his home!
I slept poorly that first night by myself. I knew I would - it reminded me of my first night alone in Sacramento for Rotations. So being alone + much bigger bed = bad sleep. I've slept on a twin bed for 17 years. A queen just feels weird. (I still just sleep on one side of it.)
Work started on Monday morning at 9 am. I've been very thankful that everyone there has been so nice and understanding! There's a guy who graduated a year ahead of me in pharmacy school, and he told me that it'll take at least eight months for me to feel pretty comfortable in my job. Yikes.
So as you can imagine, it has been a week of trying to remember things from school and coming across things I've never seen before. I do lots of order inputting, and go on rounds every day with whoever is the clinical pharmacist for the week (plus the pharmacy student, which is fun). I have a big orientation coming up on Monday, which will be nice for getting me out of the pharmacy for a few hours. :)
I'm currently working four 10 hour days per week, with hours generally from 9 to 7:30. I never truly appreciated how tiring a ten-hour day is until now. You hit that eight hour mark and sometimes you're just dying to leave. Then by the time I get home, I've only really got three hours to scare up something to eat and maybe watch a few episodes of a show. So that'll definitely take some getting used to.
I have four days off this coming weekend, so I think I'm going to jet out on Thursday night after work and get home late...but then I'll have three full days at home. :) Oh, and then I can due to monthly Matty Collector order the next morning! XD
Anyway, I'm going to go watch some more of the Glass Mask (a great anime about the acting world) and relax because tomorrow will bring some more cleaning with it!
