So sorry I haven't written in a long time... there's lots to report though!
I always expect my time in Big Spring to be boring...but this summer is definitely the opposite!
Well...I don't exactly remember where I left off in my last post, so I'll sum it all up.
I started working at Big Spring's walmart pharmacy the beginning of June. A new pharmacy manager had just been hired and was scheduled to start the same day as me. She showed up the next day, late, and I should have taken the hint from then because things went downhill from there at that pharmacy. She was a very nice person and had exponential amounts of energy, but couldn't seem to make it to work on time...ever. She was supposed to be moving to BS from San Angelo, but she never got her act together, so she was driving in every day. Other than that, she and the temporary pharmacist did not get along, and had it out a few times. As if that wasn't enough drama for 1 store, her pharmacist license expired on June 30th, and she was trying to renew it that evening and something went wrong with that, so she didn't get it renewed on time. But...she came to work the next 2 days anyways and worked...well...the new district manager checked licenses and found out hers had expired, so he sent her home early to get it taken care of. It turns out that walmart's policy is automatic termination if you practice on an expired license, so she was fired.
The walmart in BS is currently being remodeled also, which means everything is being moved around in the store, and most of it is moved overnight when the fewest customers are in the store. A new pharmacy was built right next to the old one, so when it was finished....late, I might add...we got to move everything over after closing one night...so, starting at 7:00 pm one Monday night (the busiest day in the pharmacy) we started moving everything over and stayed until 1:00 am, then came to work at 9 Tuesday morning. We weren't finished when we left, but thought we'd better get some sleep so we wouldn't be useless the next day. That week was totally exhausting and we were all dragging by the end of the week.
Skipping back to when the pharmacy manager was fired...I was transferred to one of the Midland stores for a "better learning environment." So now I get up at 5:30 am and leave the house at 6:05 with my dad and we pick up his friend who commutes with him and head off to Midland. They start at 7 am, and I start at 8. My first day was Monday and it went pretty well, but it is hard to stay awake in the car when it's dark outside.
Tuesday morning I woke up at 3:30 and threw up for the next 4 hours, so I stayed home for 2 days... wonderful way to start at a new store. By thursday I was feeling a lot better, so hopefully the stomach flu, or whatever it was is out of my system now.
In BS we filled about 300 prescriptions a day...well the midland store I'm now at fills 5-600 a day! I thought it'd be really hectic and crazy all day long, but it is actually alright and doesn't seem nearly as busy as the BS store. The midland store has a lot of help and more pharmacists, so it flows a lot better than the BS store ever did (despite my attempts to help out :) ).
So other than my new commuting lifestyle (which I do NOT plan on getting used to...it is not for me)...that's about all that's going on here!
Well this is a much condensed version of all the drama I've been through this summer at work, but I'm sure you can imagine some of the craziness. The Midland store is much calmer, so maybe the drama is over for the summer...here's to hoping! :)