I will update!

Updating this thing..... I don't do it often. However, it is so useful to me in venting at the end of a ridiculous, involved and sometimes unrewarding pharmacy day. Usually though, it is rewarding. That's also why I know I want to do it the rest of my life...eek.

Nowadays are summer days and when I come home for summer I always look for a store that really needs help like right now. I'm such a transient tech. I'll be gone come August but I've got 4 long months I need to work. So they put me in Lexington, Ohio, in a brand new store. It's a beautiful layout, called a "World Store" by my chain. I'm absolutely in love with it. It is the quintessential pharmacy, complete with adequate working areas, scanners for each input station, a lovely counseling area, and generally all new equipment. It does have a drive though. It's huge and the customers love to come in at 30 minutes til we open and stare at us. And we can't hide. It is bullet proof glass though.......I take comfort in that.

The people at the store are phenomenal. They are small town people that used to run a small town private owned pharmacy called Lexington Drugs. Love them. My chain bought out that pharmacy and the pharmacist there came over and brought quite a few people with them. Precious people. Terrifying customers. Now when I say terrifying, let me clarify this meaning of the word as opposed to when I work in Canton. In Canton, terrifying meant "dearlord i don't wanna get shot by this person when i walk out of here" or "i can't believe what is coming out of this person's mouth and why won't they stop staring at me". This terrifying is more of a realization that most of these people have a undying desire to control every last detail of their daily agenda. Terrifying because they remember you and your name. (Everybody there knows my name after 2 weeks. They make special note to look at my name-tag, my face, my name-tag again, my hair, my nails, what shoes I'm wearing, how I walk, what computer I usually work at, ask me a few questions, then act like my best friend....it's utterly terrifying). After being at Canton for 3 years, I still get called Steph.... I never correct them because I'm fairly certain they won't remember me the next day.

I'm excited about working here and kind of teaching the girls (and the pharmacist) some new things and really improving the service. They're already offering me a big raise (finally some recognition!) and I'm hoping to travel a bit and train people in some other states.

I WILL UPDATE THIS THING THIS TIME!!!

That promise is more me convincing myself.