The Office

Nov 1-12, 2010

In an effort to keep my job through the new year—that is my New Year’s resolution, after all—and maybe even get to stay long enough to teach my first class (Jan. 21), I will not be able to include specific details about my antics at work, but will try very hard to give you a few good mental images.

In all seriousness, for those of you who are curious, I was hired as a technical trainer for mainly Microsoft Office software applications. Once I am up to speed and comfortable with these applications I will teach one-day courses typically for private or public clients. Having a small teaching background and thoroughly enjoying it, presentation is not a problem: it's knowing something about what I'm teaching that will be my immediate challenge!

I will also do a bit of editing and writing. I hope to spend a good amount of time as a technical writer of sorts once I'm established with the company, but I am game to try anything that I have at least a 50% chance of being successful at and find moderately interesting. In addition, I will be assigned to do any number of tasks -big or small- on any number of "projects." Folks- if I could be any more specific on that note, I would. So, with that little bit of information, pray that I am smart enough to catch on quickly and hope that I don't have to go back to suctioning snot for a living!