Another New Job, Another busy weekend

It has been a BUSY, BUSY week! I feel drained, so I'll give you a somewhat brief synopsis....

I started my job at the Yankton Medical Clinic Pharmacy on Monday and have worked the past four days. I never enjoy starting new jobs because there is always so much to learn and it is usually quite overwhelming. I never fail to feel completely stupid the first day on a job. My new pharmacy tech position was a case in point. Thank goodness I have had quite a bit of experience running cash registers, as that part of the job has not been a problem. The challenge has been in locating specific drugs among the shelves of thousands in order to count out prescriptions. It wouldn't be so bad if the drugs were organized alphabetically by whatever name they are, but they happen to be alphabetized by brand name with generics (no matter what their names) stashed on the shelves to the right of their brand name counterparts. When 90% of prescriptions are generic drugs with no indication of what their brand names may be, it makes finding their locations rather difficult. Nevertheless, I think I may actually enjoy this position. I'm excited to be able to get so much hands on experience. Whether I end up in Med School or Pharmacy school (or on the streets....) it is sure to be valuable experience.

Sadly, when working 9-6 though, my summer sun time is significantly destroyed. I do feel that I am suffering some extent of nostalgia on that matter. But, my hours will not be as strenuous in a couple of weeks after my orientation/training period is over. In fact, I will be working mostly nights and weekends which will make the job keep-able for the school year. But for this week, I have only managed to see the sun long enough for a lovely nature hike. I happened to take a picture at the top of a ridiculously steep hill and then texted it to multiple friends telling them that I took the picture and then proceeded to tumble down the hill and break my ankle. As a testament to my extreme clumsiness, all of them believed me. Though probably not a very funny joke at all, I was feeling very ornery and was highly entertained for a while.

So as the weekend approaches, my business status only increases. I am blessed to have the opportunity to work another TEC (teens encounter Christ) weekend. I have to be out at the retreat center at 6:30 p.m. tomorrow and will be there until late Monday evening. The weekends are always amazing and I'm predicting less than 10 hours of sleep for me in the next 3 days. I'll be sure to give you a run-down of the weekend in a future post, but for now, I need to pack and organize a few more things for the weekend and then hit the sack for one final night of sleep before I destroy my body's sleep cycle.

Have a great weekend everyone!!