Survival of the Boredest

Ok, so I survived my first day of work... and I have *almost* come to terms with the idea that I'm an actual member of the workforce. Today wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, and I'm actually mildly excited about tomorrow. Or, well, does not-dreading count as mildly-excited?

Eh, whatever. So today was day 1 of classroom orientation. We learned about such riveting topics as fire safety (RACE, or Rescue anyone in danger, Activate the alarm system, Confine the fire by closing doors, and Extinguish if the flames are manageable), the benefits of good communication (verbal AND nonberbal... jeez-- how demanding), our security badges (woohoo-- almost as attractive as a DMV photograph), and what to do if someone's prostate implants fall out (you know, those radioactive metal pieces embedded into one's prostate to help in the treatment of cancer). We actually passed around a packet of these implant pellets. I wonder if they were ever inside of someone's prostate...

I think tomorrow, classroom orientation day #2, will be just as invigorating, with one of the key topics being our benefits package. That's actually something I'm interested in finding out about. I think it'll be the first time in my life that I'll be able to afford to go to the doctor (free!) or dentist (subsidized!) and will finally be able to get my eyes rechecked by someone other than Walmart.

So we'll see... and of course, I'll keep my adoring public updated!

PS- Just to note, my parents hated the post I did last night with their photographs. I think my mother said something to the effect of: "But why did you have to choose *those* pictures? Dad looks drunk... and naked, and I look like a whack-job!" Gosh, I love my parents. :)

PPS- I'm eating microwave popcorn right now and a kernal fell onto the floor. Since it's my floor, the tiny piece of fluffy goodness had just fallen, and is not a particularly moist food (come on, you know the rules about eating food off the floor), I quickly took the opportunity to gobble it back up... only realizing milliseconds too late that I'd also gobbled up what now appears to me to be a long, black cat hair. Ew. Want to know something even better than that? We don't even have a cat. Heh. I'm so gross.