Well, last night was my first shift at the library. It went pretty well:
+ They actually DID have a “welcome party” for me! One of the first things that we did was have a little bit of food and chit-chat before my new partner actually started training me. That was a nice ice breaker, and prompted me to say, “This is the best first day I’ve ever had!” 
+ Everyone is sooooo nice. Thank goodness!
+ The lady who is training me is very knowledgeable about the job. She’s going to work the same shift as me for the next two weeks and hopefully that will be enough time for me to learn this stuff!
+ Turns out that I likely will only be there Monday – Thursday evenings with Friday and Saturday off, then every other Sunday, once training is over! yay I get Saturdays off! 
+ Even though I’m only part-time there, I still get federal holidays off with pay. So this upcoming Veterans Day, I’ll have it COMPLETELY off, from both my jobs. oh hallelujah!
- There is A LOT of information to remember. I actually took home the procedures manual so I can look it over this weekend–yikes, there’s so much to learn!
- When I came home at 9:30 last night, I was really, really tired. My brain just felt like mush after trying to absorb all the info…it was basically information overload. I know this will pass with time, but man, it was a lot for my poor little brain.
So overall, there are way more positives than negatives…the newness of the job, as always, is a little overwhelming but it will pass, hopefully soon. Once I get my first paycheck, I’ll remember why I’m doing this in the first place! And last night after coming home, the first thing I did was go over and give my doggies some love. They’re the REAL reason why I’m doing this.
hurrah! so glad it went well!
I’m so glad it went well! I hope you’ll be able to come to SnB on Veterans’ Day. I miss seeing you.
Sounds like an awesome place to work. Glad to hear everyone was so kind. And they threw you a party how cool is that?
I hope everything will keep looking up for you from now on out. 
Hooray!!!!
Oh, I am so glad it’s going well!
It sounds really nice, that’s so cute they had a welcome party for you
New jobs are always a bit of brain overload, I bet it is even harder with two jobs going at once… but you can do it 
It will all become second nature soon enough, I’m sure. Plus, it won’t be forever!
It’s really great you’ll get those days off, too!