So today, I had to be orientated for my job. Mostly, that involved sitting through several short security and information briefings. The department head, or a deputy, would come in, tell us about their role in making my life easier / harder, and leave again. PowerPoint was used. Donuts were not offered. As you might guess from my title, we had one or two people who thought they had opinions that anyone else in the room cared about. It's one thing to have an "aha!" moment where something in the briefing connects to something in your life. It's quite another to feel that everyone in the room needs to be aware of this moment. I'm probably (definitely) too impatient about such things, which is why I dislike meetings so much, but people need to realize the world doesn't revolve around them. It revolves around me. I just kept my mouth shut and let the briefers continue as quickly as they would. And that was 30 minutes longer than they were scheduled for. Also, the refresh rate on either the computer or the projectors was giving me a headache. I could see the ripple in the projected text. It was a long morning.
The afternoon was much shorter. I had a computer-based training so I could have computer access. It was 3 PowerPoints that I just had to go through, no test. The person in charge said it was supposed to take about 2 hours (maybe 120 slides). I took my time and was done in an hour. It was about 2:30 when I finished that. I had been told not to worry about showing up at the office afterwards, so I came back to my apartment. I took a short power nap and cooked a nice meal, and recharged a little. I get the feeling that this job is going to be interesting and fun, but be very draining. That's fine, but it's always nice to get a break.
Wednesday needs a better schedule for my TV shows. It's not a bad night for TV; it's just that the shows are at bad times. I should really go to sleep, but I'm staying up to watch some of Cash Cab. More tomorrow.
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