Sorry it's been a while since I've posted on here. I have just been so dang busy!! The job is going really well. I had my training on Monday and then worked at the Women's and Children's clinic in Silverdale. It is gorgeous!!! It is at the back end of Harrison Hospital and we get the end with the best view. The entire side wall is windows that overlook the sound and mountains. I'll remember to take some pictures, the ones above are of the hospital and one of the views...yes costco too. So far my manager has said I've done a great job and she knew I would be perfect for the job. The second day I was there scanning files I realized how frustrating their program is compared to the one I used at the medical billing office. I decided to spend some time searching the program settings to try to make it for time efficient. My time paid off.
Originally when we scanned a certain section of documents within a file we had to break that section up by single sided and double sided forms while keeping them in order. Meaning that I would scan single sided, switch the setting to double sided, switch it back and scan single sided. Basically it took a lot of unnecessary time. I found a setting that allowed me to plop the whole section in the scanner and it would automatically remove any blank pages in the system. That way I didn't have to take the time to sort them. I played with the pigments to find the setting that best read all the forms without accidentally deleting an important form. Also, I set it so that after you scanned a section a pop-up word pad would tell you which pages had their backs deleting. That way if it deleted one you need you would know right away and would be able to correct it. I know....confusing. Anyway, I about jumped out of my seat when I finally got it to work and could propose the switch to the clinic manager, CEO, and I.T. manager. I first explained my little discovery to the clinic manager. She was completely overjoyed. She kept saying, " I knew it from the day I met you in the interview that you would be perfect! I can't believe you found this...holy cow! This is huge! I have to call every clinic manager." She couldn't stop saying how excited she was. She left and went to her office to call everyone to let them know. I was ecstatic! Only my second day on the job and I already had my name known to all the clinic managers and the head honchos! Then yesterday my manager came to talk to me after she attended the manager's meeting. She said that she proposed my idea to everyone and they were jumping through the roof. They were exclaiming that I should get a raise and were praising my name basically. I don't mean to brag, but I was just smitten to hear that all the managers knew my name and decided to approve my idea on my second day!! So yeah...I kicked butt this week!
Enough about me, Mike had a great work week too. He had his review and his manager gave him an excellent review and said that most guys in that position never get as great of praise as he got. Then yesterday his manager said that he fought with another manager over who gets him. It looks like he will be getting a nice bonus for his work at the end of the year. Also, the other manager won and gets Mike I believe sometime next week for some work on one of the battle subs. Mike's being very humble as usual, but he is doing outstanding. I am so proud of us both. We finally finished the spare room and it looks great. We have been enjoying reading and listening to classical music every night. We both are very busy, but looking forward to a muddy bike ride tomorrow. I'm very excited to get out and explore this great area. I'll make sure to take pictures of that too.
