Bigger and better things

So I've started orientation for my new job. FINALLY. A new job. I'm so excited. It is a mental health facility, so I am very nervous about that aspect of it, but I'm so ready. I was never made to sit around in one spot. I am the type of girl who has to be in constant motion. Blame it on the ADD, but I can't be stagnant for too terribly long or I start to get...emotional, I suppose is the best word (last post was OBVIOUS of that). I've had orientation all this week, and by now, I am exhausted. Not only am I not used to being up early, the information overload is overwhelming my brain. I can barely stay awake in our second half of training (first half is from 8-12, second half is from 12-3 or 4). Warm rooms with no windows and a soothing voice droning on about policies and procedures, added to a full belly and just losing all of my first wind, and I'm just about done-zo. I feel like my eyeballs are about to roll back in my head...you know, that crazy eye feeling you get when you're exhausted, but desperately trying to stay awake? It feels like your eyes are crossing as your eyelids droop, and then those babies just roll on back into your head.

I'm not allowed to divulge information about where I work, but I will say that it has been intimidating thus far. It's a MENTAL hospital. While my degree is in Psychology, working with people who are cray-cray has always been a fear of mine. Just shadowing people today got me followed by a psychotic patient in a wheelchair, calling me a bword while she urinated through her wheelchair onto the floor. Yeah. And that's not even the crazy wing. I am so excited though. My whole job will be about helping people, something that is basically my only desire to do. By the end of this month, I will be certified in CPR, Basic Firefighting 1 and 2, and will be on the payroll at both a mental hospital and a fire department. Both jobs exist to help people. That is what I live to do. Helping people will be how I make my own living. And I'm so excited about that.

Stay tuned for more exciting and interesting adventures. I know they're bound to come. ;)

--Fingernail out