Day 1: Lonesome

Today Emmy goes home for a week to visit her family in Ohio for Passover. I'd be lying if I said I was anything but sad at the moment. When you spend so much time with a person and then suddenly they are gone for even a brief period of time, it's kind of stressful and certainly doesn't make for a good day. In fact, I admit to getting misty-eyed on the ride back home. Staying in the house we share feels significantly more empty than it otherwise normally would. I suppose that speaks to what a vibrant and uplifting presence she has. I'll have to dive into my work and other odds and ends in order to keep my mind off the fact that she is not around for the next few days. A temporary routine would be in order.
I think some of the added stress is coming from my new job. I started less than a week ago and it's as if I'm scattered already. But I don't think it's just me. I think they are a little contradictory in what they are asking and maybe a little less helpful than they think. First, we were to make an initial list of people to contact in the area to give a demo to and potentially make a sale. Since I moved to the Reno area roughly a month ago, I really haven't made all that many contacts. So I went with who I knew and it's been kind of a slow start to say the least. I asked what I could do better and they said to consider asking neighbors. But that is contradictory to their policy of 1) making sure the person we ask to perform a demo for is ok with it, and 2) that we don't knock door-to-door. What if asking the neighbors fails? We aren't supposed to call our recs yet because they haven't shown us the proper way to go about calling. Further, they don't tell us certain techniques and deals that we can present until AFTER our intial meetings. Is that really beneficial or productive for us or the business? I don't think so. I think they should start out with a beginner's list for new employees. On the list would include 5 to 10 names to whom the beginners could call and actually practice making a sale instead of wandering around without any direction.