I Have Survived the First Week...

Well, as some of you know..I got a second job. I'm working in the Tax and Retirement Office at New Tribes Mission. Mr. Snyder hired me as the secretary! :) I take all the calls, and transfer them to the correct person who can answer the question, set up appointments, email and give messages to the right people, and deal with walk-ins, scan the data sheets when Nancy isn't here, and put together and staple forms, open the mail..separate it..then give it to the person its meant for. Oh, and I make the coffee in the morning! :)
At first, before the job even began..I was pretty excited. "Wow!" I thought,"This job is going to be a nice and slow one..I will be able to just sit and relax. It will be completely different then Chick-fil-a."
Then..on my very first day, after the first 15 minutes on the job..I got like, 5-6 walk-ins, several phone calls and a bunch of mail to open. After that..I had completely different feelings towards the job! :)
People were bringing in these forms and papers and using all these tax words that I know nothing about. Honestly, I am clueless in this area. Taxes...eww.
Now, its been exactly one week since I've started! Today is my 5th day!
Everything is going pretty good today!
*The phone calls have all been a success! [which means I haven't transferred any calls to the wrong person:]
*My cup of coffee is sitting next to me and it tastes delicious![somehow I put in the perfect amount of sugar and creamer..we'll just see if I can do it again next time;]
*There wasn't tooo much mail today! [and I gave it all to the correct people:]
*Seeing its not very busy, and there is nothing to do or catch up on...I will probably write a lot of random posts..don't say I didn't warn you! :) [thanks Matt for the idea of keeping up with my blog at work:]
*For my break, I just have to walk up a flight of stairs, and ill be home...haha...I just did that to get a water bottle..cause the coffee wasn't satisfying my thirst! :)
Well, that's all for now! not sure how long ill be here today..maybe till 4..4:30..5. We'll see how busy we are.
I'm enjoying this slow pace job more and more...and it gives me plenty of time to think and collect my thoughts! :)

Such a fake.

The door flings open, as I walk in, my boss says, "Hey Megan! How are you?"


"Good." I reply, "How are you?"


"Good, Thanks!"



Every single day I walk into work...and that is whats said. Its starting to get so fake..and routine...its been bugging me.

Can we not be comfortable to share how we are really doing and what we are going through? Guess not. Theres no time. When we trained for the job..one of the main things they tell us is.."Leave your problems at home when you come to work..we want our employees to have big smiles on their faces and be inviting.." Sigh..guess thats how its going to be. It jus so annoying.

p.s..this is something I wrote forever ago..and didnt end up posting it. so thought.."hey..why not." ahaha! :)