My life: part 1

Hello to everyone who reads my blog! All four of you.

Life is oh so busy. Here's an update on one little part of my life:

I started a new position at work a couple of weeks ago as a compounding pharmacy technician (in training). For those of you who are thinking "Huh?" right now, I will explain. In a compounding pharmacy, of which there are very few, we make specialized prescriptions for creams, capsules, suspensions etc. It is a lot like cooking, except I use chemicals, drugs and scales that measure milligrams. Here is a picture of what I look like at work:

Except this isn't me. I haven't actually taken any pictures of myself at work. This is just a picture of some girl in a pharmacy in a land far, far away. :) And I actually don't wear a lab coat, I wear scrubs with a long sleeve shirt underneath.

The good thing about this new position is that in about 3 or 4 months I will have my pharmacy tech license and hopefully a nice raise! Plus I will have compounding experience, which is apparently a very valuable thing in pharmacy world.

The bad thing about this job is that most of my coworkers are ticked at me because they wanted it too. I had no idea it was so coveted. I think it's because you get to basically wear pajamas to work. I'm pretty sure the two main reasons I was given the job are because 1) I know how to cook and 2) I am done having children. Some of the chemicals we use can be hard on the baby making process, so they don't want to give this job to a 22 year old youngin' only so she can quite 6 months later when she decides to start having babies.

Anyway....putting all of THAT aside, I really love it!! It is extremely interesting and I think I am pretty good at it. There is a lot to learn. I still only work a few nights a week, so it will probably take me forever to learn everything. It's very technical and a little bit nerdy, which suits me just fine. :)

Just cross your fingers that I don't drop and break something important.