Day one in the Office

My first day in the office and I am still here at 6.30 pm (since 8 am).  Admittedly I spent most of the morning doing e-mails and blogs and checking I could still communicate with the outside world.  All is well in that area.    Did a brief financial review with the accountant here Vivian.  She is doing a certificate at the moment and hoping to start CIMA.  She asked me for any tips on studying - determination and discipline was all I could give her, no magic tricks for that one.  Will be starting in earnest on a new cash reconciliaton system on Monday.  Ah the fun to be had!  I also helped them respond to some queries a previous donor had on their funds. Which they thought I did a very good job with, which just goes to show us accountants can blag our way through anything even when we don't know what we are talking about!!  :-) 

The actual office itself is a wee bit smaller than Gogarburn as you can see from the picture below. No Starbucks or Tesco Express here.

But boy is it noisy.  It is joined on to a church which has had some sort of conference on all day.  I did eventually have to ask why they were shouting so much and was told it was a form of praying.  It was definitely very enthusiastic prayng.  My poor head is banging with it all. I think they have all gone in to a frenzy of excited singing and dancing now - perhaps this is the grand finale!

The gifts I brought are all being sorted and catalogued meticulously - poor Moffat one of the co-ordinators drew the short straw on that one.  Though didn't manage to get him in the picture - maybe on Monday.