After Three Weeks

And once again, I'm in the midst of the all-too-familiar Castro Residence noise - the screech of metal against metal, the pounding of hammers everywhere and the jolly conversations of men at work. Growing up, I got used to all of it, so used to all of it that I have the immortal ability to sleep through it. Today, I got my rare share of oversleep. And now I'm here to write something I'm truly thankful for.

Last Friday was the last day of my on-the-job training as a medical language specialist. The whole time I was on training, I already had plans in place. I was going to type and print out the most impressive resume ever and find a job somewhere as a medical transcriptionist. The thought of finally earning my own money again is so overwhelming I almost screwed up my last two days in training. So I had everything planned out. After I clocked out of my DTR for the last time, my boss told me he has something brewing for me and all I had to do was to show up. He said that some training center will be conducting a training program for instructors and assessors for medical transcription. This actually wasn't the first time that he told me about it. In fact, he has been tossing details at me the whole time I was in my OJT. I honestly paid attention but the whole time, I was torn between going on my own way and taking the offer. My boss was pretty insistent about it but that's not really the reason why I finally decided on taking it. For the first time in a very long time, someone genuinely sounded like he believed in me, that I can go places, that I can go the distance. That was reason enough for me to look past the difficulties that may come. Yesterday, I went to the office to get my requirements done. Later, I'll be in a new training program where all I have to do was show up, not screw up and finish what I started. I have my gameface on.

This entry is gonna sound cheesy anyway so I'm just gonna go ahead and say it.

To all the good people of my med trans school (you guys know who you are), thank you for granting me this opportunity. I won't quit. I won't let you down.

I'll see you after three weeks.