End of Week 5

First day of the week was a bit scary but awesome. The first thing I was told was that I was going to be unsupervised starting that day. So for the rest of the day I was left on my own unless I needed the help. I was good I thought, but I did mess up a few times. I had the last patient of the day and I had to switch because the lead assistant needed to talk with me. I started on payroll that day. I was so excited and happy. It just made my week, and since the doctors are going to be on vacation I was able to leave work early. Not so good on the paycheck but since I have been working every day it is worth it. 

So really not much this week except that I am now a full-time employee at the office and after only 4 weeks of hard work I proved myself useful which makes me really happy!

End of Week 4

Quite a tiring week. School was up for an accreditation review and we had to be examples of how well they are training/teaching us. Needless to say we are still good for another 7 years. Broke down in the middle of the week because of stress and fatigue. This new medication is kicking my butt. Today I was told that I was doing really good chairside. I had someone watching but she gave me no hints unless I was running behind. By the last patient she wasn't even in the room. I only had to call on her once because both I and the doctor didn't know where something was. I am hoping for the same response from the other doctor. I have another 4 weeks and I am hoping to continue to excel and prove my worth to the office and keep them interested in me. 

At least this weekend will hopefully be fun. Hempfest is happening in downtown Olympia. My cousin and I are supposed to go so I am looking forward to it because I need me some relaxer. We'll see I guess.

End of 3rd Week

So I've been at my office for 3 weeks now. I've gotten the hang of most of the computer stuff, sterilization and questions pre-op. I'm still working on the important stuff chairside. I seem to do well with Dr. Behnen and I'm a bit scared of Dr. Goerig. I seem to get along with all the other dental assistants and I'm working on the office staff. But so far I feel like I'm doing good but should have already had a few things down that I'm still struggling with. 

The week following my trip to Whistler, I had this horrible cough. So much so that I had to take this Monday off. Since I took it off I went to the doctors because when I usually have a cold or flu where I cough it only lasts about 3 days at most. And this was going on 2 weeks. Turns out I had a pretty bad sinus infection. I also wanted to know why I was feeling so drained and fuzzy all the time. Someone suggested to check my thyroid. So I had blood work done to check that and to see if I was anemic. I found out Yesterday that I will be on meds for hypothyroidism and need blood work again in 2 months. The joy of the past couple weeks. For now I'm still a bit laggy when it comes to thought processing and speaking but I'm hoping I get back to normal soon. 

Aside from that, still working at Dish and that puts me at roughly 50+ hours working and schooling. I swear this is probably why I have health issues. Once the year is over I can finally relax, hopefully!!

Something to look forward to

Note: this was written in June, and didn't publish till now because it was on my phone.

These last 2 weeks have been both amazing and dumb. 

Spent last week studying for Finals and getting ready for graduation. But the one thing I forgot to mention was that I received an email from my teacher about an available job at my dream office. So I turned in a resume. The next few days were filled with self doubt and feeling like I wouldn't hear anything; also wondering who my competition was from my class. I soon get a call to interview this past week. Feel like things went great, except one major foot in my mouth moment. When it came to answering what my expected pay would be I just remembered someone saying that if its less than (blank) amount hourly that we should look into other offices. They pause and look at each other and have a small discussion. My eyes get big and immediately say "I'll take whatever you choose to pay me since I'm not experienced". Now I walk out from what still seemed like a great interview. So I am just filled with the thought that I said too much and failed horribly. 2 days later I get a call back saying I got the job! I just about jump out of my shoes and screamed in the isle, I was working of course. The only thing is I will train during externship which is about 8 weeks, unpaid. I will be out on payroll right after, this is because I haven't taken the certification test yet. So I have a job right out of school, amazing!!

Now on the poopy end, mainly having to work in Federal Way for the last 4 days and not having any gas to actually be doing this. I got more hours but it was not worth the drive. 

Mini Vacation

So my "Summer" break consisted of working. Ex-BF, me and my sister are on a small trip to Whistler again from today till Sunday. If all goes right at the border then we will be there. 

Update on if we made it later...

Week 1 Complete

So this week was the start of my externship/training. Lots of hard work but I'll be fine. Monday was the most scared I was. Thanks to Tuesdays clinic I was reminded that I could do this. Then the rest of the week went by pretty well. I assisted in 3 RCTs which the 1 today was awesome because the abscess was draining from the prep. It was great. I'm extremely happy that I'm learning everything and so far not really messing up all the time. 

First week of my career, loving it!