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today i started training my replacement – penny.

things went pretty well, she's an enjoyable person to be around. the greatest challenge i have is explaining things a bit at a time instead of overexposing her to everything at once. i think she's doing well, and i'm glad she voices her confusion and asks questions. i think she'll do just fine.

the only problem i encountered today was that in late afternoon we'd received word that one of the posters i created recently had been printed with an error. as we looked into it, we discovered the error was on my part, and i felt like a jackass. although, in my defense, the printer should have recognized the problem before printing and either corrected it themselves or sent it back to me. in a lot of ways, penny is a much more experienced designer than me, and she asked all sorts of questions about "did you do this, did you do that?" and i was like "no, i just did it this way, which is how i always do it". we managed to trouble shoot the problem and send new files. i'm just crossing my fingers that it's not too late and they can reprint it with the new file. i kind of feel like this problem is a mixed blessing. i think it will increase her confidence, reassured that i make mistakes too. i just feel a little bit like a dummy. oh well.

this place is always such a mess.