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It's Friday, which means that my weekend has begun! And I have D&D tonight! It's a good day, Tater. (bonus points to anyone who got that.).
Work yesterday was kind of a shitshow. The hurricane has unsurprisingly fucked up a lot of our shipments. The warehouses were closed for two days, so nothing went out. And all of that needs to be rescheduled. By 10am, I had 643 orders that needed to be worked. I asked for help, and I got some, but it came after lunch. Which would have been okay. But then, our main system went kaput. Just stopped. it died around 2, and never came back up. So, we got about 200 of those 643 done. And now, the person who does them today will have to deal with the leftovers. I feel so horribly bad, but there's nothing I could have done differently.
And just when I was thinking "would it be so bad if I left early?" My phone rang. With a call from Bel Air. I hastily googled it, and it came up as Harford County HR, so I hastily picked it up. They were calling with an offer! I won't get my letter til today, because someone was out who does those, but I am officially a probationary emergency services dispatcher. Or I will be once I pass my drug screen and physical. Don't think either of them will be a problem, though.
I'm still going to go to this interview today to see if/what they offer. It would be nice to have choices. I'm leaning more towards 911, but that may be my inner adrenaline junkie talking.
It would just be so nice to have a job where I'm making a difference. I haven't had one since I left medicine, and I miss it. Furniture is not that important, no matter what our customers think. Plus, I remember every EMS/911 person who was kind during crises, and I'd like to be that for someone else. I can't rememeber what the doctor who prounounced mom's death looked like, or his name or anything else, but I remember his voice, and that he was kind. Same for the nurse who took us into see the body. I'd like someone to look back on the worst day of their life and think that one person made it less horrible.
And I know it's going to be tough. I know I'm going to hear horrible things. And I know that's going to be hard. I know the schedule may be difficult to get used to. But I want this.
And I got it. That's slow to sink in. I spent so much time being turned down at IKEA that I was starting to feel like I was unpromotable. Now I'm looking at them going "can't have the hard discussion? Harford County feels like I can."
Hopefully, they'll send me the paperwork early, so I can see what I need to do for the physical and drug screen. If I'm lucky, maybe I can do it while I'm out at the interview. Aside from that, I've gotta do some prep work for Frostmaiden tonight and Lost Mine on Sunday. So basically a pretty chill day.
Okay, time for me to hop off and consider more coffee! Gotta wake up some. Everyone have the best Friday!
Work yesterday was kind of a shitshow. The hurricane has unsurprisingly fucked up a lot of our shipments. The warehouses were closed for two days, so nothing went out. And all of that needs to be rescheduled. By 10am, I had 643 orders that needed to be worked. I asked for help, and I got some, but it came after lunch. Which would have been okay. But then, our main system went kaput. Just stopped. it died around 2, and never came back up. So, we got about 200 of those 643 done. And now, the person who does them today will have to deal with the leftovers. I feel so horribly bad, but there's nothing I could have done differently.
And just when I was thinking "would it be so bad if I left early?" My phone rang. With a call from Bel Air. I hastily googled it, and it came up as Harford County HR, so I hastily picked it up. They were calling with an offer! I won't get my letter til today, because someone was out who does those, but I am officially a probationary emergency services dispatcher. Or I will be once I pass my drug screen and physical. Don't think either of them will be a problem, though.
I'm still going to go to this interview today to see if/what they offer. It would be nice to have choices. I'm leaning more towards 911, but that may be my inner adrenaline junkie talking.
It would just be so nice to have a job where I'm making a difference. I haven't had one since I left medicine, and I miss it. Furniture is not that important, no matter what our customers think. Plus, I remember every EMS/911 person who was kind during crises, and I'd like to be that for someone else. I can't rememeber what the doctor who prounounced mom's death looked like, or his name or anything else, but I remember his voice, and that he was kind. Same for the nurse who took us into see the body. I'd like someone to look back on the worst day of their life and think that one person made it less horrible.
And I know it's going to be tough. I know I'm going to hear horrible things. And I know that's going to be hard. I know the schedule may be difficult to get used to. But I want this.
And I got it. That's slow to sink in. I spent so much time being turned down at IKEA that I was starting to feel like I was unpromotable. Now I'm looking at them going "can't have the hard discussion? Harford County feels like I can."
Hopefully, they'll send me the paperwork early, so I can see what I need to do for the physical and drug screen. If I'm lucky, maybe I can do it while I'm out at the interview. Aside from that, I've gotta do some prep work for Frostmaiden tonight and Lost Mine on Sunday. So basically a pretty chill day.
Okay, time for me to hop off and consider more coffee! Gotta wake up some. Everyone have the best Friday!
