New Job: Day Two

Day two as a state employee: Learned about the mind-boggling paperwork associated with travel and when we get reimbursed for this and when we don't get reimbursed for that except in these situations but only with prior approval...yikes. Documentation and accountability is beyond anything I've ever dealt with before, but understandable since there are so many people doing so many different jobs plus we have to be accountable to the public.

Had some more trainings, lunch, trainings, tour of the building, met more people and back to the hotel. ISDH does so much more than I ever realized! There's over 1000 people employed by ISDH and I realized today I've never worked for such a large organization. Everyone I've met has been very friendly and welcoming.

Tomorrow we hope to get our laptops, Blackberry's and access to our email and from what everyone has said in the trainings, there should be a lot of emails waiting for us already!

My cough from Hell wasn't as scary today as it was yesterday which I'm so thankful for...for several reasons *sigh*

Tonight I need to finish my benefits paperwork so I can turn it in tomorrow. It's nice to have some choices for my benefits so I can choose the package that meets my needs the best. My only complain is that the batteries in my TV remote don't work and the hotel doesn't have any new ones! And YES, I'm watching TV again *sigh*