I'm Still Here!

Don't worry! I'm still alive, sort of.

Today was a mess of a day. I was up until about 1 last night due to one of the kids ending up in the ER. Our outstanding local hospital sent her home saying that they didn't want to do an ultrasound there (she has a lump forming in her chest), but that she would be better served by seeing her doctor and having him write a referral for the procedure (which in normal circumstances will push the actual test back a couple of weeks). In the meantime, today the lump got larger, so she has a doctor's appointment at 9:45 tomorrow and hopefully we can get this ball rolling a little quicker, m'kay?

On top of that, today was also my first day at my new job! More money, better work environment, and a more focused job. I kind of felt like I did the first day I worked in the brokerage industry: questions and answers flying at me from all directions with me standing there in the middle trying to figure out what's going on. This job is requiring me to learn a new product (for me at least), billiard tables. I don't play pool. Before last week when I picked up the first brochures to start studying, I had absolutely no idea what to look for in a pool table. Today, one of my first phone calls was from a two-time female world champion billiard player. One of first questions: "Don't you know who I am?" My answer: "No ma'am, I can't say that I do. Sorry." That's rough. It did give my boss a good chuckle though.

Tomorrow should be a better day. Thursdays we're open til 7; Fridays until 6, so I should get home in time to do some reading and blogging before bed. I may also start trying to get a post up early in the morning since I don't have to get there until 10, but that'll have to wait until I figure out how long it's going to take me to get there.