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I completely forgot to talk about this awesome thing in my last post. I joined this book club-y thing called Quarterly in April. I heard about them on Facebook. Every three months, they send you a box with books and cool book-related stuff in it. It costs $50 a box, but you can cancel it whenever you want. I also bought one of the surplus boxes they had from the March release, so that was cool. That one had a cheat sheet for pretending you’ve read some books that are popular right now, and it had a book about people who read different types of books, and two others that I kind of forget. It also had metal book “darts” (tiny bookmarks), a usb with short stories on it, a magnet that said “yay books,” a poster that said “Read Everywhere,” and a coffee mug covered in banned book titles.
The one that came a few weeks back was just as awesome. It had a romance book, which isn’t my thing but that’s fine, a sci-fi/fantasy book (I’m pretty sure it is indeed both), and a YA book - a book assigned in one of my residency classes, in fact. That one came with a chart inside it written by the author herself, which I’m going to make a copy of and see if the teacher wants it. It also had a literary deck of cards, a poster with reasons to read romance novels, a small pin that says “I read YA” ^_^ and a pouch that looks like a library book slip, and a free two-month subscription to an online book thingy.
I’m glad I heard about this thing, because it’s fun to get packages in the mail, and most of the stuff is cool/useful.
I’m getting pretty excited about residency. For now, I’m overlooking the “graduating” part and just focusing on other stuff. Like getting my hair done and going to dinner with Amanda and some other people from school on Residency Eve (the night before it officially starts).
I had my Welcome Session at my new job today. I’m going to refrain from mentioning the company, just to make sure I don’t violate the social media policy, but I’m sure everything I’ll have to say about them is good. So far it is. But for you sleuths out there, I’m going to have it in my Facebook info. I had to watch some trainings I already watched for my last job, which was a little boring, but it is what it is. There were 5 other people at my session, and they all seem cool. The session was in Lawrence, at their HQ, and we all got lunch across the parking lot at this little coffee place called the Coffee Cann Café. I learned a little more about the company, and I got a sick binder to take to the rest of my trainings. Turns out their annual conference is August 1, which is the first Friday I’ll officially be working there (first official day is July 28). I’m normally not at all into that type of thing, but I’m kind of excited about this. It sounds corny, but maybe it’s because I’m actually into this job, and all the people working there are, too. No one’s there just for a paycheck, so it’s a whole different vibe than every other job I’ve had. I like it. We also got a packet with info about all the insurances they offer, which I’ll have to have my dad look at with me, because half the stuff doesn’t make sense to me. And we filled out a sheet for Short-Term Disability (which covers things like maternity leave, broken arm, etc.) because the only time you can accept it is when your 90 day probationary period is up. After that, you’re screwed. So now it’ll just get put through then and I’ll be good.
This company seems really supportive of their staff, which is good. After either a year or 1,000 hours, you can open a 401k, and whatever you put in, they match it. You also get one week of vaca the first year, but then you get two, and after five years you get three, and after ten years you get four. FOUR WEEKS OF PAID VACATION. A YEAR. Fucking amazing.
Tomorrow, I go back to Lawrence to do an observation in their infant room from 9-noon. Because there’s a child care site right next to HQ. So cute. Then I have stuff on Friday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Maybe. The dates are a bit confusing, so I might be wrong about that. But I have more training this week and next week.
I feel all shiny and new and amniotic-fluid-y. Adult Eileen is born. :)
