It's been a while....life goes on.

I do exist! See...

I hadn't planned on writing this tonight, and frankly I've gotten really bad about even checking my friends blogs, so no hard feelings if you've stopped checking mine. I'm not all that interesting anywho.

I can't quite believe it's November already. 52 weeks ago today, I was offered my job, and by Wednesday it will be 366 days since I was offered my job. It's hard to believe that it's been a year, an amazing year, but a year nonetheless. I'm anxiously awaiting my 1st anniversary and all the good that comes with it.

At my wonderful job, I have been full swing into training for the last couple months. My whole life is training, but it's hard core since mid September. I've got DLOC (radar training and certification), local office Winter weather training, and on the job training. I'm LOVING it all! DLOC is fun, I've had one teletraining course, and many hours on the WES(weather event simulator) and many many many hours on the Learning Center (web training modules). I have my next Teletraining next Wednesday and I have about 12 hours of training to do before that...and only 4 shifts to get it done. Plenty of time eh? Yea, it will get done. I'm registered in the first residency course (go to Norman for a week of Radar training and final certification) for the last week in January, and then I will officially be able to issue warnings! Lots to do that's for sure, and I'm keeping plenty busy, it will be January before I know it!

On the "on the job training" side of the house, I just finished a 7 day stretch of Midnight shifts. As I expected, I loved them! The 7 days didn't feel at all like 7 days, and I learned so so much. I did the forecast for 4 days, and actually felt like I knew what I was doing. It's crazy...my education is useful! I wrote the AFD 4 times...all me, which is by far the most intimidating part of the process, that and the deadlines. I do feel that, while I'm far from good, but I do feel comfortable doing it myself, and the continued training will just keep that going! I am working the short term desk on Friday this week which will be interesting as we are backing up an office and I will be doing two office's work. Will make it interesting for sure! Christmas day is my big reveal...well not really, but it is the first shift that I am on where I am the person doing the job without any "trainer" on the same shift. It's just Mary-Beth, the DAPM and myself that day till the evening shift comes in. It will be a blast!

I will try to post more in the upcoming days about my life the past few months....a week in NJ/NYC....Tory, my kitten of fury...and life as it goes for the next few months.

Love