It's the Weekly Recap!

* Last Sunday afternoon I went over to Miss Marie's house to swim. It was the perfect day for a swim. Just the right amount of sun and breeze. Loved it. I'm trying to get a tiny bit of a tan before Olivia's wedding.
When I came home from her house, I parked in the fat chair and spent the rest of the day catching up my scrapbook. There have been MANY pictures lately!

* Monday was, of course, the fourth of July, so I had one day off work in between my jobs. I took advantage of that day to sleep in for the last time in a while, order a sassy new lunchbox (since now I have to start packing lunches), clean up the house from the mess I made while purging and packing on Saturday, organize the week in the day planner, work out, do some laundry, spend some good quality time with the Lord, and then I packed up my car and headed to Fort Wayne to celebrate the fourth with Jamie - and to spend the night at her house so we could go to work together for my first day!
* Tuesday was my first day as Mid-Morning producer! I asked Jamie to take my "first day of school" picture. Good thing she loves me and understands my scrapbook addiction.

The first day was so good - but then again, you've already read about that. I definitely felt loved and welcomed. What a great start to a new life!

* Wednesday I actually did some real work...including...my first tweet! Yes, you read that right. I've never joined the Twitter bandwagon before. I figured this blog was more Bekah than any one person should need, but Twitter is part of the new job, so I now get to learn to express myself on 140 characters or less! And I'm now officially introduced on the Mid-Morning page!

* Thursday was the land of experiments. I tried leaving for work at a new time (always a gamble to figure out the timing) and hoped I wouldn't be late. I wasn't. I took a new route (again, a gamble) and loved it. God bless little Cal, my GPS. I took my first round of Bekah-baking to the office and think I might have made a couple new friends with that. I did a test run (aka completely fake) running the engineering board in one of the studios. Good news - I got almost all the steps right. Bad news - it took me about five times as long as I'll actually have live on the air to accomplish it. But this is why I practice! And I got to send out my first official emails as producer. SO FUN. And - I got a little present on my desk too. :)

* Friday I wrapped up my first week at WBCL and walked out with a smile on my face! I'd call that a good week. After four days with Jamie, I started to feel more comfortable with some of the tasks - and equally terrified of others. :) She really is a wonderfully patient teacher and we've had so much fun working together. (We've been caught giggling hysterically multiple times.)



* Saturday I got up at 5 in the morning (what?!?!!) to be in my first WBCL event: the Three Rivers Festival parade! Can you believe that? It was a beautiful day; not a cloud in the sky. But put a sunny sky over a black shirt and it makes for a rather warm experience. I had a blast though.
I spent the rest of the day taking it easy - it was a LONG week. A good week, but a LONG week.
Books I'm Reading: Does it surprise you to know I've had little time to read this week? I kept up with Sparkling Gems from the Greek and Jesus Calling and that's it. The only other reading I did was in some magazines Lynne gave me after she finished reading them. (That's a fun part of my new job - getting to read magazines!)

Favorite God Moment of the Whole Week: I loved the first morning of my new job best - just the way God whispered to me over and over through the devotional...the song...the reiteration of the year's verses - that I'm on the right track. This has been such a huge step for me and it's good to know His Hand is still over it.

Update on Last Week's Goals: I'm very pleased with the way I started my new job. I gave it everything I had and am thankful I can sit here and remember things I learned. And Jamie wrote on her blog, "After showing Bekah the ropes, I'm convinced more than ever that she's the girl for the job...Congratulations, Bekah, for completing week one with the pizazz!" I appreciated that vote of confidence. Still learning my new routines, but so far I've not had any close calls on oversleeping...being late to work...forgetting my lunch anything like that.

Goals for the Coming Week: I have a big event next weekend (it's a blog surprise - but never fear - you shall know) that is going to take most of my spare time. I want to be careful to not let everything pile up to the last minute. And I also want to make progress in learning some of the more technical aspects of the job. That is the hardest part for me but I am determined!