So that was fun

Yesterday was quite the adventure. I was all ready to teach fourth grade and got to the school to find out they actually needed me on the 19th, not 18th. I can't say I've ever done that before, but I'm not surprised either, even with my infinite organizational skills. I always pictured myself going to the wrong building instead of showing up on the wrong day, but that was fun too. I had a good laugh about it. I ended up coming home and right when I made a mental checklist of everything I could accomplish before I had to go to the store, the phone rang. Turns out a teacher messed up and so I went and taught elementary gym. That was fun. I had a second grade class, three fifth grades, and two fourth grades. I even went and asked if they needed anything done during his prep hour instead of leaving early. It didn't feel like I had been gone from teaching for two months, but I didn't feel like I necessarily missed it either.

I got a new girl to cover my shift on Saturday. So that was a relief. Another associate came in, one that I haven't been really nice too because I don't particularly care for her work ethic, and told her about my new job. She seems really excited for me. That's cool. A mild guilt trip followed shortly thereafter. It's not like I'll never see her again. So I can get over it. Dee gave me the task of changing the columns yesterday. That was a pain in the ass. Good lord! The flip flops live on these now and each one had to be bumped down to the next one. So it took awhile to get started because I had to clear one off in order to move the stuff up. I had both eight foot ladders working and used all the empty baskets we had left. It took my entire shift (minus a ten-minute break that I used to call the museum lady and the sub caller). But it was productive and I worked steady, so it was all good.

I got a message on my machine yesterday that they want to train me on the exhibits today. I felt bad not calling Kathleen until a little after 8pm, but she said she was just leaving the museum (yikes). So I'm going down this afternoon to train on the exhibits and run through the closing procedure with them. She said she would try to expose me to as much as she could today. I'm told that should be fun. But it's training. And it should be exciting because it's "my field" or what not, but it's training. We'll see.

After I eventually got home, I found e-hurley had decided to take a vacation. So he is resting somewhere, probably on MY rum island (or so I'd like to think) and won't return until I give him a new power supply. Hopefully, I'll be able to go to the computer guy before I head downtown, if not, then I don't know. It will be next week, and I really can't wait that long to fix him up. I'll send my dad on the mission if I run out of time. :)

Tomorrow is a full day of training at the DHM too. I'm sure I'll have plenty of stories to share.