2004-04-12 around 8:40 p.m. Welcome to the real world of having a job

I'm very tired right now. But happy that K isn't regretting asking me to work for her. Today was my first day of training. I only made a couple mistakes, which is really good considering I had to learn how to use their computer system and the program that they use to keep track of orders and balances. A lot of little things, none are very difficult to do, it's just remembering to do them all.

The morning started out a little hectic. I had forgotten to make sure my alarm clock had been set ahead an hour for daylight's savings. Which it hadn't. Thankfully someone called the house around 9:20, so I was able to get to the store on time after rushing though getting dressed and grabbing something to eat.

My day was okay. I did have to help one customer try to pick out a new pair of glasses. I wasn't a whole lot of help because all the information I know about what frames and styles that we carry comes from me being one of their customers in the past. Mostly I just called people to let them know their glasses were ready to be picked up, and entered information into the computer. I'm basically being trained in how to be an office manager. Luckily I already know some of this stuff from volunteering at Shands and the VA.

Got a few complements on my outfit. My red 60's dress and my white go-go boots. I think tomorrow I'm going to wear the long-sleeved dress KidE gave me when we visited them in Tally.

I think I'll be going to bed by 10. I'm really tired. Not so much from being physically active, but from taking in so much new information, being stressed about having my first real job, and acting like I know what the hell I'm doing. So, not a difficult day, but still a stressful one.

K kept telling me about this 23 year old French designer she met while at a opticians show in New York not too long ago. He's coming in September to promote the frames he designs. K thinks he's just my type. Okay....

Tomorrow is another day of training and will probably prove to be much like today. I'll be coming back next Monday and Tuesday for even more training. Then I'll try to come for as many days as I can until graduation. Then I start work on May 31. K wants me fully trained by July. She did tell me that it would take 3 to 6 months to really feel comfortable and confident in my abilites, and she thinks I'll do fine.

Apparently I could do more by the end of the day than the woman she just let go could do after two weeks.

So, first day of learning what it takes to sell eyeglasses was okay. K was pleased to hear that I'm coming back tomorrow, that I didn't decide that this isn't what I want to do. She really needs people to work for her, so she's glad it's working out okay for me so far.

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