High and Dry

Yesterday, I'm loathe to admit, was a total shit show.  Since it was only the start of my second week and I hadn't worked over the weekend, it was harder than I had imagined to slip back into that already rocky stream.  Everything I did seemed to take forever, and Excel has been bitch-slapping me dozens of times a day.  At my interview, when they asked about my Excel proficiency, I replied that I am no expert, but know the average amount for my position.  They nodded with acceptance and took a small note of it.  It turns out that my "proficiency" was more akin to a toddler announcing that it is ready to be an Olympic sprinter when, in fact, it can barely scoot across the floor.

So I've been e-mailing myself random spreadsheets throughout the day so I can puzzle them out at home without my trainer, Peter, watching my every move.  I need time to do my own trial and error projects, or else I become a nervous wreck during work hours.

In other news, I went to a laundromat for the first time today.  I walked down there with a small pile of clothes shoved into a shopping bag, but when I got there, there was no detergent (the internet lies!!  It told me that I could usually buy small amounts at the laundromat.  And yes...I totally had to google "first time laundromat how what do?").  So then I had to drag myself over to the nearest convenience store to buy some overpriced detergent and dryer sheets before huffing my way back to my original destination.

Once there, I was overwhelmed.  There were tons and tons of machines, but the dryers looked like the washing machines.  I've only ever had top loader washers, so I strolled down the isle of machines, trying to "play it cool" but in my mind I was all, "WTH am I going to do??!  Why do they look the same?  I am a total.idiot."  I finally got it all sorted out, and then realized that my phone was dying and I'd forgotten a book. It turns out that I had my notebook from work and a pen in my purse (thank god for giant handbags), so I spent the next hour making art nouveau-styled doodles.

Now...I'm waiting for my trial Office to download because my computer only came with the crappy starter edition that doesn't have several of the functions I need to practice for work.  It's 10 PM...I should be going to bed...and yet my damn Office still has 30 minutes to finish downloading.  FML.  Not sorry to see you go, Tuesday.  And is it Friday yet?