Monday, December 8, 2008

Baptism by FIRE!!!

This last week was a crazy one for me because my boss went in to have some tests run on his heart and has found out he has a thing called ''sudden death syndrome".  This means that his heart could just stop working all of a sudden and he would die.  Well, he went in for surgery on Wednesday, last week, and had a defibulator put in.  This is so if his heart does stop beating, he will receive a shock to his heart, to start it back up again.  We all thought he would be back to work this Wednesday, but I just found out that he will be out for the rest of the month.  This means I will be taking over his morning shift and one of our high school students will be locking up the building at night.  I don't know very much about how to fix the problems in the school, or how to order things, or put in work orders to the district, but I am learning a lot and now I need to learn faster.  It gets frustrating at times, but what job doesn't?  My district boss came in to see how I was doing today and told me that he has full confidence in me and knows I will do a great job.  I guess my supervisor, who is the one that is teaching me everything, has told the district boss that I am great, I just need the training.  I have only had one class for training, and that was last week when my supervisor found out I hadn't had any training.  So I think it is definitely safe to say I am being baptized by fire into this job.  I am praying for the snow to stay away for this month because I will have to be to work at 5am to get all the plowing done.  AHHHHH!!!

5 comments:

Fran said...

Okay girl, you got it... no snow till you are trained and ready to go!! Or until your boss comes back. You will do a great job and probably get a promotion too. What a blessing; the church is true!!

Nicole said...

Good luck, learning a new job is always challenging. I know I always dread it.

Kimmy Kasl said...

What!? You have to get ALL the plowing done?! For the whole school parking lot? Sidewalks? Yikes! Kudos to you Laurie. I hope they are sending a little extra cash-o-la your way for all of your extra hard work!
Loveyou!

Linda said...

If your being baptized by fire, let me confirme you with my confidence that you'll do a great job!

Anne said...

You're mean, you know! It's a wonder I still love you anyway!