Saturday, May 10, 2008

First day of work!

I'm excited and nervous. Starting on a Saturday seems like maybe not the best idea since clinics are always swamped, but I guess going right into the fire will show me the worst of it? If it's bad at least it's a short day! The clinic's supposed to close at noon but if it's like other clinics they'll be open later than that because it's Saturday. Hopefully I won't have any horror stories to report from the day.

2 comments:

Anna said...

Good luck!

I'm impressed that you're diving right in without a break between school and work. I totally would have wanted to lay around for a week and do nothing.

Carrie said...

Believe me, I wanted to, but they called and asked if I could start early because they had space to fill.

It was ok...they're paperless, and somehow I was expected to be able to figure out the program on the first day pretty much on my own. How anybody would think that is beyond me. And at the end of the day she was asking me "So what DID you do at your last clinic?" and I felt like she was regretting having hired me. She kept quizzing me in front of clients too, like "You see how her pupil is constricted? What's that called?" I think I'm going to have to tell her that I appreciate her quizzing me to keep things fresh in my mind but in front of clients I really feel put on the spot. I'm not used to standing all the time, either. My feet were sore after 4 hours. Monday is going to really wear me out!