Busy First Week for 35+ More Years!

    Phew!  This has been an extremely busy week as my title does say!  As I have mentioned before, this was my first week at my full time job at the new bank.  It was good, but just lots of new information!  I mean, there was orientation on Monday.  It was very helpful and I took lots of good notes to help me later on with benefits, 401K, W-4 etc.  After orientation I had an hour for lunch before I was to go to my actual branch that I will be working at.  I arrived there about 1pm and talked to Stefany, my new branch manager, and meet all the people I will be working with.  It is an all female branch!  How cool, yet how boring huh?  No cute guys to look at!  ^__~  There is Heather who is the assistant manager, Martha, Linda and Christen who are all tellers, and then there is Lori who is a banker. Then there is a me, who is a "Universal Banker."  I do banking and teller work.  I might be a teller 2 days a week and then a banker the other 3.  This week though, I did not do either.  I just did some paperwork and then some training on the computer.  In "training" I mean a computer program that goes over LOTS of stuff!  I mean I did maybe  20+ hours of just computer courses this week on many things from what APY means, how to fill out a SAR form when I expect fraud, money laundering, customer service and a whole day of the "teller" program I will be using to process all types of transactions as simple as a cash deposit to cashing out EE or I savings bonds and processing payments for loan or credit cards.  A lot of stuff is similar to my old job at the other bank, but it will take a lot of practice to get used to this new system.  Plus this bank offers stuff my old job didn't like credit cards.  I am thinking that these things may pose as a hurdle for me for a while to grasp.  Today felt a little stressful to me and I was not even running transactions on the teller line.  Part of Thursday and today (Friday) I did some "observing" on the teller line.  Did not learn a whole lot for it was SOOOOOOO busy and Martha, Linda, Heather, and Christen were working all so fast!  I felt like I was in the way so I retreated to my very on desk :-) to do some exploring of the company website.  My old job at the bank maybe did 9000+ deposits and stuff a month and this new bank and job does like 16000+ a month!  Eek!  Stefany said that we are not even the most busy branch in the state either.  My old job's top branch did 16000+  month.  I am not too worried though.  I know it will take some getting used to and all, but I am looking forward to going to "teller school" this coming Tuesday to learn about being a teller and not feeling so helpless when I see the other girls struggling and needing help.  Maybe after next week I will be able to "hop" in there and help out.  ^___^  Two weeks after teller school I have "banker school" to learn how to open accounts, do loans, time deposits etc.  All this info plus more has just been a little overwhelming this week.  I have been getting up at 8am leaving to work at 8:45am, starting work at 9am, going to lunch at 12:30pm, coming back at 1:30pm and leaving at 6pm.  I come home eat, take a bath, process my benefits I wish to have, file W-4 for taxes, choose 401K % contribution etc and go to bed at 8:20pm latest.  I have been so tired this week!  Of course I am not used to working 40 hours a week yet!  ^___~  I have felt good about myself this week though.  I feel like I am heading in the right direction now.  Good things are coming for me.  Tis the weekend for me now.  Saturday and Sunday off!  Yay!  I do not know what I am going to do.  Just slack off!  Ha Ha!  It is hard to imagine that I have to work for another 35 more years or so until I retire.  40 hours a week.  I will of course get vacation in there soon, but I am just starting out in the world.  I hope to get my own apartment with a room mate or something soon.  I am shooting for August or September to do that.  I have just started paying my own car insurance and pay my parents rent each month.  I can feel the responsibility I have now.  It is a neat feeling.  (Others may debate)  Well that is it for my first day or week of work post.  <3