New Job update.

Well, it's official, I have a new job. It is PART TIME, and I had my first training day yesterday. It is quite a departure from my Herman Miller full time job, let me tell you. I was pretty much thrown to the wolves yesterday, it's sink or swim. I have a training officer, and mine is great. But there is SO MUCH to learn, I barely scratched the surface yesterday and I was completely overwhelmed. I had some second thoughts after yesterday...but I still believe that God opened this door and unless he shuts it, I am gonna stick with it. Let me say, that for right now, I am glad for my full time job. If I would have been offered full time at the jail yesterday, I don't know what I would have said. But it will probably be a long time before that happens and by then I should know if I am gonna be a good fit or not.

The biggest thing for me to overcome is gonna be myself. I am by nature a bit of a more reserved person, quiet sometimes, try to avoid confrontation when possible. But in this jail position, you are locked up with some real characters and the biggest thrill they could get would be to get under the skin of the corrections officers. It's really a BIG MIND game in there, and you have to maintain a control at all times, you don't want to be seen as weak, cause the inmates will eat you alive. Granted, most of the guys in this jail don't want to cause trouble cause they are short time guys in for drunk driving, petty theft, ect..but they are still prisoners, and you are in charge.

So, all my readers, please pray for me, pray that I will not only do a good job and feel like I am supposed to be there, but pray that I overcome myself...it's almost like I have to grow a new personality.