1) It is not easy to sit in a chair for hours at a time and look at files. I thought this would be relaxing. I found that it was good for a back ache.
2) Getting up and putting on casual dress clothes at 6 in the morning and then putting on makeup is not something that I remember being so hard. I can also wear scrubs if I choose and I am strongly tempted to opt for scrubs from now on. And maybe skip the makeup.
3) I need to bring a book with me for lunchtime. Otherwise, I will sit by myself and someone will make eye contact and ask if they can join me and then I will be compelled to converse with someone who spends the whole lunch allotted time telling me how they just love Mary Kay products and how she sells them now on the side and boy, could I benefit from their eye cream.....
4) Maybe best not to have pictures of Liv on my desk just yet. Every time I looked up, I got to thinking about how today was the first day that I didn't get to take her to school and how I missed that even though I knew she was fine and probably eating a really good hot breakfast and all that...
5) There are a lot of sick people out there who have it a lot worse than I do. Looking at medical charts all day makes you feel like one lucky person. There is always someone who has it worse than you do.
6) 1-2 p.m.is the sleepy time. I felt like I needed to get up and dance the hokey pokey so not to doze off.
7) It is hard to work in an office with other people. I really, really missed my own private office at home. And it is amazing what people will say out loud into their cell phones while you are sitting right there not two feet away from them. ("Well, did you even try that cream, honey? Because I know, hemorrhoids can be so painful!"...This was WAY too much information.)
8) An eight hour day feels like well....an eight hour day. I miss my days where I could cram a lot into a day or nothing, depending on how I felt.
9) I am not the type of person who shows my personality on my desk. I do not want to have handcuffs, a wedding garter belt or pictures of my dog dressed as a witch for Halloween on my desk. If I do start to cart that shit in, shoot me. If I insist on showing other people my dog and calling him my precious baby, shoot me again.
10) There is always some guy who wants to chat with every new woman in an office. This guy makes infantile jokes about being married, but "don't let that stop you from flirting!" It is best not to humor him. Just stare coldly at him and say, "Well, I'm gay and I heard you were too." That will shut him up.
11) Don't drink five cups of coffee in the morning no matter how tired I am. By 11, every time the phone rings, I will jump like a puppet on a string because I am over caffeinated.
12) Realize that I will have to fill out 400 forms on the first day.
13) When I go to pick up my daughter from school, I should not be all hurt when she stands and wastes time talking to her friends instead of running into my arms and screaming "I missed you so much!" She will get in the car and the first sentence out of her mouth will be, "Can I have Constance over for a play date tomorrow?"
14) When I get home, remember that no one has been there all day long and the dog will really need to go out ASAP and that the dishwasher will not have been emptied and that my bed will look so, so inviting......
15) Get used to this. I am now a cog in the wheel. But, I have great insurance and hey, I got through it even with an ear infection and shoes that felt just plain pinchy.
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Go for the scrubs Maria! Ha ha...I know what having to decide your wardrobe at six in the morning is not the best thing we should be thinking about... and yeah that afternoon nap... 1 - 2 pm...Dangerous time there dangerous..... more coffee??? But hey, you survived to live another day....
Amen, on the scrubs.
I'm glad you survived your first day back. Thank god for coffee, eh?
It is difficult to get used to the work a day world after being out of it. But the good news is; you will be used to it in a few days. The bad news is; you will be used to it in a few days!
Hang in there!
Lovin' #10. Did you really say that???
Congratulations on surviving the first day, and definitely go for the scrubs.
Wait! What? You've already started? Well, it doesn't sound totally hideous. The sitting and staring does get a little rough on the rear and spinal alignment doesn't it? Darn that need for insurance! I still don't want the government to provide it (for the record-wink). I just wish those insurance companies weren't so blood thirsty and picky at the same time! You can do it Maria! I wonder what it would take for you to get your teaching degree. Maybe some student insurance or something. After you feel better?
Welcome back to the daily grind Maria, not that I'm a part of it anymore. I vote scrubs too, then you can wear the comfy clothes underneath.
You did it,made it through a monday. 1pm Hokey Pokey! I'm all for it!
I, too, vote for the scrubs.
Scrubs and a cup of coffee at 1:30.
When I'm especially tired, I skip the makeup. I have really dark circles under my eyes and without concealer, I look ill. Some days, I let this work to my advantage. People see my dark, puffy eyes, assume I'm sick and/or contagious, and leave me the fuck alone. Of course, I have to reassure patients that I'm fine, that I'm not going to infect them further, but I let my co-workers believe what they want and avoid me.
Or, you could just take a book.
Isn't the 8 to 5 Monday through Friday world just a serious pain in the ass?
And who thought up that shit anyway? Like I want to get up at 6 am and devote most of my time to someone who tells me what I need to be doing all of the time?
Sigh. I suppose I do. Because if I don't the alternative isn't pretty.
These are all good tips for me to know!! I plan on going back to work next year and my long days of studying at home will be over.
I think I'll miss these days tho..
Hope your ear infection clears up!
Things will get better (could they get worse?) You might remember that I recently started doing a few home care visits a week (which was my full time job before starting home care). I swear the first week every other sentence out of my mouth was, "I remember why I hated this job so much." Once you get in the goove you will find ways to conn yourself through the day.
Oh, and advice on the scrubs... I found that when I HAD to wear them six days a week 8 to 10 hours a day everything in my waist area sort of relaxed and let loose and I found it difficult to squeeze into my zip and button pants when I actually had to get dressed. This go round I had the option of wearing street clothes and so I did.
Damn I wish I could get away with scrubs, Maria.
Sounds like it all went pretty well. You didn't kill anyone; that's a good day in the modern office environment.
FYI..sometimes having a book won't thwart lunchtime talkers especially if they're hawkers of MaryKay, Avon, Tupperware, Candles, Intimate Apparel, Pots, Pans, Plants, Candy Bars, Art, Crafts or Cheese.
Hope day two is better. :)
Terroni cracks me up...
Anyway Maria...hot damn girl, you learned all that in one day AND you still had enough energy to post!! I'm impressed and here's one more vote for the scrubs.
Pity about your stalker, I would love to see a pic of you in scrubs :)
I have the scrubs option too. I only wear scrubs. Comfortable and easy to wash.
Gosh, I hear you on #5. Doing what I do and seeing what I see make me thankful every day for my relative, seeming good health and the good health of my children. Editing for a large pediatric facility will certainly make you look at your kids and want to hug them a million times.
Having just started working at home a few months ago, I have to say, I don't know if I'll ever be able to go back. The lunch thing especially. I used to sit in my car at Mutual of Omaha and read, even when it was twentyfreakingbelowzero.
My sleepytime usually hits closer to 3pm.
Sounds like you are doing OK, especially for someone a bit out of practice.
(And my current peeve is that I finally own more "girly slacks" that have NO POCKETS - what's with that? what was I thinking?)
I don't think you could ever just be a cog in the wheel.
I vote for scrubs.
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