Baby Steps

Don't you hate those dreams where you show up to class (sometimes clothed, sometimes not) and the teacher hands out a pop quiz for a subject you've never studied? Panic ensues and you hope to god the person having this dream wakes up and gets you out of this mess.

I have that nightmare occasionally. This last one has lasted a whole month!

Well, let's just say I'm happy to report it is transitioning from Nightmare to Dream status. So that's a positive. Who knew a new job doing something I've never done before about topics I know nothing about could be stressful?

I am trying to be patient, mainly with myself. I feel like I should be contributing more to the team. My higher-uppers say I am right where they want me to be, but my own set of standards puts me in a different place -- that I haven't reached and feel like a should. That's my own problem, I guess. Darn work ethic!

Today I marked one month on the new job. I know my way around the building, have made some new work friends and even remember their names, have saved $100 on gas, and have only succumbed to the free ice cream temptation 3 times. No wonder I NEEDED King Cone so badly last week!

Despite my intermittent frustrations, I am glad to be there. Just gotta keep taking baby steps and eventually I'll learn what I need to know and inevitably contribute. Maybe those baby steps will find their way to the soft-serve machine again... 

Only for a baby portion, of course.