Last week of training was done. Needless to say, it's been quite an experience. I didn't expect that this training is going to be kinda fun. We're lucky to have an instructor who keeps the class interesting and not boring. God knows that learning about consumer banking stuff can and will send you to sleep.
So tomorrow is a branch observation day. I am supposed to attend and observe the branch that I'll be assign to as a CSSR. This should be pretty interesting.
Good lord..I was just thinking about last week and last Friday. I sure hope that it won't happen again. First thing I need to do is call the branch that I'm training at in the morning to check if my wallet was found. I am sure it's there. I was in such a hurry to get out of there that I ended up leaving my wallet before I could remember to put it back in my purse.
I've got to admit, running out of gas in some town that you're unfamiliar of can be pretty scary. My first point of contact as soon as I realized that I left my wallet and I needed gas was Erik. He had Vance with him and he offered to come get me but needed to pick up Sara Anna (his GF) first. I figured instead of having him, Vance and Sara Anna drive an hour and half away to meet me at some random place, I'd call a single person who can just get in the car and drive--which I did. A friend who always comes to my rescue for anything came to get me. I waited longer than expected due to miscommunication of my location. I gave him the wrong exit number etc...
There I was waiting for over an hour at the gas station. I was tempted to perhaps ask some stranger for some money. I could not do it—simply didn't have the nerve to do so. I sat in my car for over an hour and I even fell asleep while waiting. Woke up and texted my friend again and asked where he was. Sure enough..I gave him the wrong exit thus, making the estimated arrival time a lot longer than expected. Yikes!!
It was getting dark. I decided to get out of my car and lay on top of the hood and gazed at the horizon's full of stars. I thought to myself.."It's ironic how sometimes a joke/prank is handed to me this way". Just when you thought things are going smoothly, then something random and out of the ordinary has to happen.
My friend finally got there and found me all sweaty, messy, and extremely exhausted laying on top of the hood of my car. I didn't want to get up either.
He gave me a great big hug and filled up the tank, drove home and helped me with my stuff.
Got home and found Erik, Vance and Sara Anna waiting for me at the house. ( He has a key for my apartment) I arrived as if I had just gotten back from climbing Mount Everest. (Okay..this might be a bit if exaggeration but I felt like it was on ordeal and it kicked my butt)
I've learned a lot from that experience. ONE: as much as I am a sales person and I wouldn't consider myself shy, with stopping a random stranger and having to explain my situation and ask them for SOMETHING---is an arsenal and an attributes that I don't think I have and completely lacked of. TWO: Regardless how busy you are, always fill up on gas before hitting the interstate. Three: Be generous to those who will ask you for gas money in the future. Some situations are legitimate.
I'm glad to have a lot of people that care enough to offer to get me...And I'm grateful for those who even called the entire time to make sure I was fine and I made it home.
So that was my last week experience. My weekend was great. Vance and I had a lot of fun!! It's kinda of different being home with him on weekend. I'll miss my boo again but this week will fly just like last week.
I'll be staying at a different hotel this time. I'm training with 11 people but somehow we are all spread around town—staying at different locations and different hotels. Oh well...it's an amazing team and we have fun during class so it's probably a good idea that they have separated all of us. LOL.
Oh yea...I am going to sound like a complete dweeb but I took Vance's teddy bear with me. It's reminds me of him and it also helps me sleep better.
I noticed that the maid at Marriott were amused by the fact that a grown woman has this teddy bear in the room. SO each day, eveyrtime I come back to the hotel after training, they put my teddy bear in all sort of funny position. Here's the pic...
Tomorrow I'll drive to Huntsville again after my regular work hours at the branch. Can't wait!!!
