Fiberoptics Fun

Had my first day yesterday at FiberOptics! Went well. Hard to explain what I'm doing since they have there own language and I don't know it yet. My explanation goes something like this: "The fiber thingies go thru the thing, then you cut them and put the end thingies on and put this grey stuff on it, then you clamp them down and they're done!" Yeah, there's a bit more, but it's confusing to explain if you haven't actually seen what the heck they are!! But it was a good (tho wicked early) day and everyone there is so nice and they all knew I was coming from Ginny (and Tim and Naomi and Chalice and Holly...), which means they've heard about me from them, which may or may not be a good thing. That remains to be seen. But the work isn't that hard, just sometimes frustrating (fibers have a mind of their own and don't always like working together to go thru the same hole). And since I'm split between two jobs (7:30am - 12pm; assembly aka putting the fibers thru the sheathes and so forth. 12:30pm - 4pm; inventory aka putting the different parts in bags for the different job orders), well let's just say my day is a little more than interesting! It's alot of stuff to learn, but both my supervisors (yes, I have TWO: Gloria in assembly and Karen in inventory) said I was picking it up really quickly and doing really well for my first day. And the best parts: BENEFITS!!!!! I'll be getting health insurance in three months woohoo!!!!!

Today was pretty much the same, working assembly 'till lunch, then inventory 'till 4. My feet are sore because I'm not used to being on my feet this much. But I know I'll get used to it eventually. Well that's it for now, I'm going to go take a nap before YAF tonight, tho I'm not sure anyone's going to show up. Bye!!