The New Job

Yesterday I was so emotional. I was so very grateful for finally finding employment, sad about not being home with my kiddos, worried about doing a good job, and excited that things were finally falling into place. The tears kept sneaking out and I wondered if I would be ok.

Once at work, I was thrown right into training. Most of it is very familiar and not too complicated. Mostly it's just new fangled machinery that does the work I use to have to do by hand...which is soooo nice and saves a lot of time. But there is triple the work! Then I started training to do the camera for the news. I honestly thought they would work with me for a few days and then I might try it for a few shots, and then go for it. But they were short someone who was sick, and so I was given instructions for about 10 minutes and then I was actually running the thing LIVE!!! Luckily, it really is easy to do. The hardest part is just following the list of camera shots/news stories, and listening to the director who is on the headset. It's very last minute and crazy--"scratch that story, camera 3 will now shoot story 39". During commercials everything is really relaxed, the anchors are super nice and were very funny. They all went out of their way to make me feel at home and chit chat with me a bit. I was a bit star struck watching the whole newscast unfold. Watching how they do the weather, toss to live reporting on the scene, patching in phone calls, getting the teleprompter prepared, setting up the lights, mics, etc. It was very exciting and nerve-wracking. Somehow I was able to do it.

So I was happy with my first day. I still have so much to learn, but I am feeling a lot more confident and excited about all I will get to do. No tears today, just a happy heart.