Information Overload

Most people when they start a new job have some sort of information overload. When they are trying to learn a new system or processes. Well, so far I don't have that condition :) I have a feeling that my job is going to be very busy and somewhat complicated, however, right now I ma just taking it easy. There are a couple of reasons for that. First of all, my boss is having a baby, so she won't be in the office until November (she is due in a week, and then spending some time with the kid I guess) so she was not here to coordinate my training. My co-workers are great, and one of them, Georgii, is kind of in charge of keeping me busy; however, he is terribly busy himself, so there are plenty of times during the day when I don't really have much to do but explore presentations, tables, etc. Yesterday, I was pretty busy, I was loading some data into our database and analyzing it afterwards. I guess we give many presentations to the directors, so it's crucial that we have all the information. Anyway, so far my job kind of keeps me busy. I am looking forward to the day when I am so busy I forget it's past lunch time, I am sure this day will come sooner than I think. Meanwhile, I am enjoying this time when I am just getting acquanted with the systems, etc. I am going to go visit a person who is in charge of training and see what she has in mind for me since my boss is gone. I am sure most people have to go through some sort of general training in the beginning, I might start with that. Meanwhile, HOORAY to no information overload (my head does not hurt at all from learning new things :))