week 2

[kriket24]

of New Faculty Orientation at my new university. i survived week 1 without much difficulty. today is faculty-wide professional development conference--all day, as in 7:30-4:30. trying to "look" like a Dr. but be comfortable in 100 degree temperatures.

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[hollsterhambone]

Oh God. Nightmare. I loathe that stuff.

Those are times when I like to dig through my purse a lot to see what goodies I can unearth. By the time the professional development is over my purse is clean as a whistle and I've thrown out those old mints that have been festering in the bottom since 2000.

[kriket24]

ah, the ol' cleaning-out-your-purse trick...if only i carried a purse!

eh, actually it wasn't that bad at all, especially the HR part where i signed up for benefits and direct deposit. there were lots of free gifts (portfolios, paper, pens, etc.); they fed us breakfast and lunch, and several sessions offered great door prizes ranging from more pens to ipods. i didn't win an ipod (damn it!) but i did win a door prize called the "cook's special" which included an apron, hot pad, hot sauce, a pepper plant, mixing bowl, fabric napkins, wooden cooking utensils, all in the university color.

[hollsterhambone]

Hey, cool! I'm glad it wasn't painful and somewhat enjoyable! That's quite spectacular.

I'm going to be starting one of those orientations soon (S 10) for a grant writing job at Mayo Clinic. We'll see how clean my bag gets.

[kriket24]

congrats on the job. sounds interesting.

[honey_doomelon]

The heat. I unfortunately had to attend a police funeral a couple of weeks ago, and it was a very impressive affair, at least 5 or 6 thousand officers from all over Canada there in our dress uniforms which are, unfortunately, made of wool. After sitting for almost 3 hours in an overheating arena I nearly passed out on the march (seriously - I had to put my head down whenever we stopped). There is really only a narrow window every year when those uniforms are comfortable.