Third Time's the Charm

So, there's that whole "new job" thing that's still happening - that may just be a positive spin on "I haven't been fired yet."  I jest, of course: things at work are better than that.  In fact, I finally met a deadline.

Since I misunderstood my first assignment, missed the deadline, and kept working on it in an attempt to complete it, that pushed my next assignment back as well.  I ended up missing my second deadline by entire week.  It sounds worse than it is - since the second assignment is tied closely to the first, about 70% of the document can't be completed until the first assignment is finished.  As the first assignment is being worked on by my boss, turning in an incomplete assignment was expected, but it's still frustrating that I was late with it.

However, as you may have already guessed from the post title, I completed my latest assignment on time.  I actually submitted it a couple of days early, but that just meant that I had time to make the corrections that my boss pointed out.  It makes me feel super lame to be experiencing such pride for simply fulfilling my job duties, but considering that I was failing at even just doing that for a few weeks, I think I've earned this pride.

While I still need to work to prove myself and build a reputation within the company, I've finally started climbing out of the hole I started in.