My destination...Eustis, FL

Wednesday I accepted a travel assignment in Eustis, Florida. In spite of having an interview that I immediately thought had gone poorly, based on the types of questions the interviewer asked me, I got the job. I was shocked, but mostly just relieved that all the worries about having a job by next week were gone. I'm not thrilled about the location because, for those of you who don't know, Eustis is a very small town outside of Orlando, nowhere near a coast, and with no claim to fame. As far as I can tell, it's quite possibly the most boring place in the state of Florida. But I'd love it if Eustis proves me wrong...In any case, this is a good stepping stone for me, for reasons I blogged about a few days ago...

Today was a rough day. The last two days have been spent scrambling to get everything in order so that I can start this assignment on Monday. I spent yesterday running around all over town getting a physical, getting blood drawn, peeing in a cup (twice), getting a TB test...all of which involved a lot of...waiting. It basically took up my entire day. I finally got home last night, and was up til 3AM filling out all the new hire paperwork and completing endless online "training" modules that I needed to have finished and faxed over to my employer this morning. Today has been much more of the same...running around like crazy, to get everything faxed, to answer a million calls, and straighten out a million questions, and ask a million more questions...all in order to get everything up and running for Monday. I feel so incredibly overwhelmed...

Part of being overwhelmed is due to the fact that I really felt today the impact of truly not having someone I can count on when I need to. I consider myself a very independent person, someone who supports herself, makes her own way, and doesn't lean on others. I think that's just how it's always been for me, I've always known that I can only count on myself, that it's always just easier to assume that everyone else will let you down, because everyone has at one time or another. That's not a judgment on anyone else, it's just an observation...We're all human and nobody is perfect; we're all going to make mistakes at some point. But today was one very rare day, and this weekend is one very rare time where I can't handle everything alone...but I'm finding that I have no other choice. I'm not going to go into details, it's been several things over the past couple days, certainly not just one. Situation after situation just keep arising, and piling on top of one another until I don't know how much more I can handle. But I guess I have no other option but to just wade through it, and try to keep my head above water...

It's certainly not all as grim as I've made it sound, I'm sure...I still have a lot to look forward to, if I can just get through this weekend...and I haven't lost sight of the big picture, which is that I'm actually getting to do what I've wanted to do and been trying to do for a while. I could not be more lucky/blessed. I'll post more about my new location once I get there and get settled and have a chance to check out my surroundings, or what little there is to see in Eustis, FL.