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Thursday, March 16, 2006
5:36 PM

New Job, Day 22

Hello all. Hope everyone is enjoying their week. Tomorrow is FRIDAY!! Woohoo. And we get to see Colleen, Terry and Dana who is in town tomorrow night. Another woohoo for that!

As many of you know, I started my new job about a month ago. Yes, the life of leisure is over. No more Food TV for me except on the weekends. But so far so good with the new job. As always there are pros and cons.

Pros:
1. A Paycheck. Man oh man how I missed it. It's just nice to see that direct deposit again.
2. I get to work with people I used to work with and missed.
3. I don't have to work with all the people I was sick of.
4. I have an excuse to call Auntie Lo all the time to ask all sort of dental-related questions. I am sure she’s getting sick of it and I am nowhere near done. I still need to have my root canal seminar with her. . .
5. Free toothpaste. Yes, in my orientation care package I received a toothbrush and travel-sized paste. Given that I love things that are free and I especially love cute little trial sized things, this is all good.
6. My office is way closer to the Hubby so we get to have lunch together much more. Like today for example.
7. Reasonable hours. I'm usually home by 6. A very nice change.

Cons:
1. Having to learn the quirks of all the new people. So far that's not a huge problem but it is an adjustment.
2. Not knowing what I'm doing. People come to me with the weirdest requests like "Help me get out of jury duty" (clearly my area of expertise) and "I need you to review this patient chart and tell me what you think" (again, bankruptcy and dentistry rarely overlap so this is a bit of a stretch - which brings Auntie Lo back into the picture.)
3. No knowing how everything is done. Where is the restroom (luckily I figured that one out back on Day 1.) How do I fax/scan/copy? Where do I put stuff to be mailed? All those little things that you learn and take for granted plague you when you switch jobs.
4. I have a whole new level of paranoia about my teeth. I floss all the time. And have dreams about losing my teeth. (I always had those as my standard stress dream, but now with the dental job, it's far far worse.) I'm sure Auntie Lo would say the paranoia is a pro, but I beg to differ.
5. Lots and lots and lots of meetings. We meet a lot. I spent 5 hours in a meeting a couple of weeks ago, 2 of it learning about a particular root canal tool. If only the State Bar would give me legal education credit for dental classes. I'm sure they'll consider it. Not.

I'm sure there are more cons, I just can't think of them right now. So far I love the new job. Very glad I made the change. Now I'm off to go floss.

P.S. I just remembered another major Con. No IM. At least through AOL. Our IT department is far too good for my tastes. But for whatever reason I can use Microsoft Messenger. If anyone wants to use it too, let me know and I'll give you my contact info on there.

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