Well it's Friday night as of this writing and all is well. I slid through this first week of my new job without too much distress. The first few days of a new job is always an adventure to say the least. I am getting used to working first shift very, very quickly. I have discovered that night time is mostly for sleeping and not working. But a person has to do what they have to do. I'm just glad I ain't got to work at night anymore. I know that's not good English, but this isn't English class now is it?
The lab I am working in is small and sometimes cluttered but we get our work done just the same. The mushroom biology lab where I am working is said to be the "pride" of A & T but just doesn't get the proper amount of attention needed to update to a larger space. Go figure!
My official job duties haven't kicked in as yet. My boss told me that this week would be my "honeymoon" and that it would be over soon. No intimation intended I'm sure! I am looking forward to getting accustomed to the "lay of the land" and doing work on my own. In the mean time I am trying to absorb information like a sponge and I am hoping not too much of it leaks out before I retain the information needed to do my job well.
I am grateful to be working when so many people are laid off and unemployed. I am even more blessed to be doing what I enjoy doing and getting paid to boot! I was raised on a farm and now get a chance to work with a college boasting around 500 acres of farm land. I am just a small cog in the wheel of things but that's OK. I will be working closely with mushroom farmers from surrounding counties and possibly surrounding states to improve their farming livelihood.
I'm taking it a day at a time and learning what I can. E, I, E, I, O!
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