A New Job Adventure

Today's adventure consisted of starting a new job! I started training as an employee at Office Depot, thanks to my wonderful friend, Annlie Stevenson, and her tip-off that they were hiring. I got to the store at 9 am, where they handed me a scavenger hunt sheet. Seriously. I had to find 100 of the most popular items in the store and write down what aisle and section they were in. After 3 hours, I thought for sure I was either going to die or be fired because it took SO long! I had just 3 items left when finally one of the actual workers took pity on me and showed me where they were. Finally done, I took my sheet over to Lisa (the copy and print center manager, which is where I will be working) and she said "Done already?" And I'm like "Yeah." In my head: It's been 3 hours! Lisa: "Some people take three days to finish it." I am seriously glad that it took my three hours and not three days. After that scavenger hunt fun, I watched Lisa make a stamp for a customer, bind a little booklet, and print some copies. Then, I had my lunch break and came back for a three hour training meeting with other cashiers and the manager. Brutal. That is all I retained from that meeting. I didn't even know half of the stuff they were talking about, since I haven't actually been trained on anything yet. One funny thing: I had to take a drug test on Friday before they would start training me. While I was hanging out with Lisa in the copy and print center, somebody called and she answered it. Basically, it was a girl that was calling to see if she would be hired and Lisa said that her drug test came back with a little problem, so they wouldn't be offering her a job, but they would send her a letter, explaining. I couldn't help but feel a little smug that I actually got the job because I don't have drugs in my system. :)

In other news: You can hop over to Jeremy's blog to get real updates about his cancer, but I think today's news  needs to be mentioned here also. Today he went in for an MRI to see how much his tumor has shrunk. The doctors said that it has shrunk so much, they can't even measure it. It's called a "dead tumor" at this point. So even though he still has chemo treatments until the last week in July, he is technically in remission.

Life is an Adventure

If you have spent any time around me, you will know that I treat much of life like an adventure. It's just something that I say a lot. For instance, need to write an 8 page research paper? Let's call it an adventure and it will be much more enjoyable. Or last Saturday (first day of finals!), my roommates and I woke up early and went on a test-taking adventure. We all packed up our backpacks, notes, and sharpened pencils and headed to campus together bright and early. It was kind of like a jungle-safari-adventure (don't ask). Anyways, made taking a final SO much more fun. Treating life as an adventure is kind of my motto for life, originating from this anonymous quote (at least, it's anonymous to me): "Attitude is the difference between catastrophe and adventure." I believe that having a good attitude can make any situation a bit better- even if it just means you get something to laugh about. This blog has been created to record my own adventures and while they may not be super interesting, maybe it will motivate you to create your own adventures.