Well, that's what I like to refer to myself as anyhow.
First week on the job was really great!
My very first day I worked 11 hours. We had our first ever Advisory Board meeting that night and we were running around like chickens with our heads cut off to prepare for it. We were providing a donated dinner for everyone (about 20 people) and when the lady went to pick up the food at 4:30 from a local Mexican restaurant, they said they had no idea what she was talking about and had no food prepared for us. The meeting was supposed to start at 5:30. We immediately bust out in prayer, talking about "Father please continue to provide for us like You've always done..." And of course, He did.
In fact, we bust out in prayer often. The last day I was there training with Tina, me, Lynne, Tina, and Sandi all sat around at the end of the day and prayed. They took turns going around the circle and each spoke for several minutes. When it came to my turn, I said, "Uh, I pass =)" And I know I should've just jumped in like I knew what I was doing, but I didn't. However I also know I will have many opportunities in the future to join in. Each one of them spoke of their conviction that my timing and me taking the job was all in God's plan for me, for Papa's Pantry, and for Tina. And I believe them!
I have made a few mistakes... for example I deleted a message off of Lynne's voice mail, instead of re-playing it. I only got the first 6 digits of the guy's phone number. Ooops. I forgot to give this lady her ID back after I made a copy of it and she left with it still in my copy machine. Ooops. Then I thought for sure the phone's weren't working. I tried dialing from my office and it would ring a few times, and then make this weird noise. I went to Lynne's office to try in there, but I got the same result. I told Sandi I didn't think the phone lines were working and asked her for assistance. Any way, to make a long story short, she concluded, "You're in Atlanta honey. You gotta dial the area code." Ooops.
In this week alone, I've vacuumed, dusted, placed, canceled, and re-placed an order to Office Depot, greeted clients, complied 187 pounds of food for a children's home, was the photographer at the Advisory Board meeting, made copies, learned how to use Microsoft Access, and gotten friendly with a Google calendar, Google Docs, and a Go Daddy email account. I've made coffee, put out sign-in sheets, accepted donations, made client appointments, learned how to use Windows Live, rearranged tables in the Master's Training Center, gotten the mail, mailed things out, signed and accepted things from UPS, learned how to search and shop on the Atlanta Food Bank website, stocked free breads and desserts from Publix, inventoried t-shirts, and on and on and on and on.....
You get the idea. I am constantly busy and it feels like I am juggling 32 balls at once. Which I like, because it keeps me busy, it is not monotonous, and the people around me are great. Not to mention, I have a 90 second commute to and from my house to Papa's Pantry. Who can say that in Atlanta? AND I have the most supportive fiance in the world who allows me to feed my soul with this job, instead of padding our bank account with something like teaching would pay. I AM BLESSED!
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