It's Friday. I'm at work but unlike the other days this week, my
trainer, Janet is out sick so I'm on my own. It's going to be a long,
boring day because I'm supposed to just review and practice but
without actually *doing* anything or making any actual calls or
changes in the system, it's going to get a wee bit dull. (The old,
"try to look busy while doing nothing" routine.)

Forgot to mention (because honestly, I'm still trying to figure out
how this whole new schedule and thus work/life balance thing is
supposed to even out and I've been way behind and way pressed for
time) that I picked up my new glasses on Tuesday. This time the lenses
weren't flawed, BUT, what she didn't tell me was that the lenses they
were using cause a distortion; a fish-eye effect. At first, it was
horrible and I couldn't even judge distance or depth perception. She
told me to give it a day or two to see if I got used to it. If I
didn't, they have a "high definition" lens as well that eliminates the
fish-eye which they could change it over to for $30. HELLO? Why didn't
you tell me about this in the first place? I would have easily spent
$30 extra buck – a trivial amount truly when you're ordering two pairs
of glasses! – to avoid this nasty effect and have nice, clear lenses!
What the heck? Who wouldn't want the better lenses? Don't you think
they should have, I don't know, maybe asked me if I wanted them? If
for nothing more then a sales upgrade?!

I wore the pair for about 24 hours and while I did get a little more
used to the fishbowl, the distortion just was really making me dizzy.
I wound up going back to my old pair of glasses! I think this weekend,
I may have to run over there and have them change it out. It's just
absurd that they didn't even think to offer me the better lenses! I'm
SO frustrated by this entire thing and their lack of service and
quality control is really aggravating. It's a waste of my time and
money to keep having to drive over there like this. Especially after
being SO excited by getting new glasses – finally! – to have them be a
disappointment is really…well, a disappointment. My sunglasses don't
seem to have this problem for some reason and are perfectly fine. I
haven't been wearing them though since there is a *slight*
prescription change and I don't want to have one pair one Rx and the
other pair a different Rx.

Tomorrow (Saturday) we have our Give A Day, Get A Disney Day volunteer
thing to do. Our original event (a beach cleanup) got cancelled so I
had to look for another one. I want to apply our free day towards the
renewal of our AP's in May so I needed something relatively soon. Of
course, when I booked it, I didn't know I'd be starting work this week
so it kinda sucks that I have to get up early tomorrow morning – AGAIN
– instead of sleeping in like I really rather do. It's about 45
minutes/hour drive away from here and we're supposed to be there at
10am. And then we'll be there until 6pm so it's going to be a long
day. The volunteer opportunities out there are pretty slim picking
though as anything easy/fun goes immediately.

Back to work for a moment, yesterday before I left, I talked to my
boss about whether or not you were allowed to request specific
equipment; in my case an ergonomic keyboard and my Logitech Trackman
trackball. He said yeah and he'd get them for me next week. Sweet! I
can get by on a regular keyboard and mouse if need be, but they really
hurt my hands and wrists after awhile and since I'll be heavy
mouse-driven getting around these screens and updating notes and such
all the time, having them both will be a big help. Most people who try
my specific trackball really can't "get" it right away but for me, it
was just instant and complete love. I drive my trackball probably
miles a day under normal usage and never have any pain or problems.
It's just so natural to me and I look forward to having it here as
well. (I was surprised they didn't have a problem with it given the
fact the trackball is like $60 on it's own. I think though they get
corporate pricing so it's cheaper for them then retail.)

Ugh. Been here 1.5 hours so far and already bored. LOL I don't know
how much better it will be when I'm actually doing the calls and such
that are my job, but at least it will be a goal. There's no goal when
you're on your own and unable to really do any actual work!

It's funny. Everyone is SO amazed at how smart I am and how quickly
I'm picking this up. Makes me wonder who else did this job before me
and how dumb must they have been? Janet was saying yesterday I remind
her of her Gifted daughter and I laughed and told her I *was* in
Gifted in school. If Mom had let them skip me a grade when I moved
down to Florida, I would have been 16 my entire Senior year of high
school but she didn't want me to be that much younger then everyone
else. (I was already a year younger then the rest of my class.) It's
funny though because I think of myself as a decently intelligent
person but I guess I forget sometimes that there's a lot of very
typically, average people out there for whom a strangely large amount
of random facts and information would seem "extraordinary." *laughs*
For example, I was talking to Janet about migraines and the neurology
surrounding what causes them and what happens during an attack and she
was just speechless about how much I knew. Why wouldn't I research it
though? I try and read as much information as possible since I've had
migraines more then half my life now and it only makes sense to be
educated on it and look for ways to help prevent and treat them. But,
then, maybe not everyone wants to learn for the sake of learning the
way I do. I don't know. (I'm not trying to brag but it's just funny
how much everyone is so impressed and it's kinda flattering.)

Janet said yesterday this job is WAY too easy for me and I'm going to
be so bored. I kinda agree with her but there's not a lot of great p/t
jobs out there. I think this is going to be a rather mind-numbing
experience but...for now, I need the paycheck.

(They only have IE here and man, I'm so spoiled by my Firefox
real-time spell check. Hopefully, I've caught any typos but if not,
sorry!)

Ok, I'm SO babbling at this point and it's going to be a rather long
entry as it is and since I lack anything better to do, I could keep
just blathering but I won't. I'll just send for now. No promises that
I won't be posting again later out of bordem!)