First off I want to say a HUGE congratulations to my husband, M. because today he is being officially sworn in! I am SO proud of him and so extremely happy for him! I wish that I could be there to celebrate this major accomplishment, but I guess I will just have to be there in heart! I know that he will have an amazing time with his parents (who drove to DC last night) and I absolutely cannot wait to see pictures! Congratulations sweetie!
Secondly, my second day of work has been accomplished and I am feeling much better about things. I am already starting to understand what's going on in my department and I decided to go in early yesterday (and today) to nail down some techniques on the computer programs that we use each day.
It’s really interesting working with so many other women. In my very first “temporary” job I worked with three other girls and we actually seemed to get along relatively well, but I always sensed a little bit of fakeness and because I was the “new girl” I hadn’t yet formed the friendship bonds that the other three girls had formed (since they had already been together for quite a while). In my new position I am mostly surrounded by women, although there are a few men. Some of the girls have been extremely welcoming and very helpful when it comes to questions I may have…did I mention that I don’t actually have anyone training me in my position?! Yeah, I’m pretty much figuring it out on my own, which, when you’re working off of someone else’s old documents it is somewhat complicated, oh well!
Anyway, so some of the girls have been really nice and some of the girls…well…not so much. I’ve never had that many “girlfriends” to start with, but when I enter into new situations/environments I always put forth extra effort to try to be outgoing and nice to other girls…sometimes it just doesn’t really seem to help. I can already tell that there will be some girls I just won’t get along well with, and of course that is OK. I’m definitely at a different place in my life than some of these other girls even though we hold basically the same position. They’re living the single girl, party lifestyle and I am living the missing my husband, wanting to seriously work on my career lifestyle – not of course to say that they’re not trying to work on their careers too.
In other news WE GOT THE APARTMENT in the city! I am super excited because I must tell you, I am NOT loving my current commute to work right now (again, I’m staying with a family friend in NJ). It will be SO NICE to have a place and start to get settled. M. is driving up this
weekend so that we can sign the lease and get some things moved in…starting with the 6 bags I already have here!
Last night during my breakdown I also had a slight breakdown about the apartment situation. You can tell I was a bit fragile yesterday – ha! I worry of course about money and it’s really important to me that M. and I start really contributing to our savings (eve
n though we’ve already started) so that someday we can do all of those fun things like buy a house, have a baby, travel when we want...there are obviously many more reasons for wanting to save, but it's really early and I'm just not fully awake yet! :) Living in the city is NOT cheap (I’m sure most of you already know this) and space is EXTREMELY limited. We looked at apartments in both Jersey and New York so that we could compare prices and apartment layouts. It was very stressful and very tiring. I’m happy that we were approved for this apartment because it means a VERY short commute and more storage/living space than the other buildings we checked out.
Now that it’s officially (well, just about as soon as we both sign the lease) ours I figured I would share just a few photos with you. Obviously it doesn’t look like anything right now, but I think my mom may be coming to stay with me for a few nights and I’m sure we’ll plan out the decorating!
I hope that you all have a wonderful Wednesday! While it’s been an exciting week starting this job, I am also looking forward to the weekend when I can see my husband and detox from all of the new things I’ve learned and the little mistakes I've made!
Secondly, my second day of work has been accomplished and I am feeling much better about things. I am already starting to understand what's going on in my department and I decided to go in early yesterday (and today) to nail down some techniques on the computer programs that we use each day.
It’s really interesting working with so many other women. In my very first “temporary” job I worked with three other girls and we actually seemed to get along relatively well, but I always sensed a little bit of fakeness and because I was the “new girl” I hadn’t yet formed the friendship bonds that the other three girls had formed (since they had already been together for quite a while). In my new position I am mostly surrounded by women, although there are a few men. Some of the girls have been extremely welcoming and very helpful when it comes to questions I may have…did I mention that I don’t actually have anyone training me in my position?! Yeah, I’m pretty much figuring it out on my own, which, when you’re working off of someone else’s old documents it is somewhat complicated, oh well!
Anyway, so some of the girls have been really nice and some of the girls…well…not so much. I’ve never had that many “girlfriends” to start with, but when I enter into new situations/environments I always put forth extra effort to try to be outgoing and nice to other girls…sometimes it just doesn’t really seem to help. I can already tell that there will be some girls I just won’t get along well with, and of course that is OK. I’m definitely at a different place in my life than some of these other girls even though we hold basically the same position. They’re living the single girl, party lifestyle and I am living the missing my husband, wanting to seriously work on my career lifestyle – not of course to say that they’re not trying to work on their careers too.
In other news WE GOT THE APARTMENT in the city! I am super excited because I must tell you, I am NOT loving my current commute to work right now (again, I’m staying with a family friend in NJ). It will be SO NICE to have a place and start to get settled. M. is driving up this
weekend so that we can sign the lease and get some things moved in…starting with the 6 bags I already have here!Last night during my breakdown I also had a slight breakdown about the apartment situation. You can tell I was a bit fragile yesterday – ha! I worry of course about money and it’s really important to me that M. and I start really contributing to our savings (eve
n though we’ve already started) so that someday we can do all of those fun things like buy a house, have a baby, travel when we want...there are obviously many more reasons for wanting to save, but it's really early and I'm just not fully awake yet! :) Living in the city is NOT cheap (I’m sure most of you already know this) and space is EXTREMELY limited. We looked at apartments in both Jersey and New York so that we could compare prices and apartment layouts. It was very stressful and very tiring. I’m happy that we were approved for this apartment because it means a VERY short commute and more storage/living space than the other buildings we checked out.Now that it’s officially (well, just about as soon as we both sign the lease) ours I figured I would share just a few photos with you. Obviously it doesn’t look like anything right now, but I think my mom may be coming to stay with me for a few nights and I’m sure we’ll plan out the decorating!
I hope that you all have a wonderful Wednesday! While it’s been an exciting week starting this job, I am also looking forward to the weekend when I can see my husband and detox from all of the new things I’ve learned and the little mistakes I've made!
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