First Impressions

[hkellick]

God, this place is busy. There are TONS of people here, going in and out, up and down, all around. There are five floors (I don't know if they're ALL Baker, but at least two are...). The break room has two refrigerators, completely stock, four microwaves, three vending machines.
This place is B-I-G big.
There is a deli.. somewhere in the building.. exhoberant prices, but this is Alexandria. Also, there's a shuttle that can take me to and from either the Eisenhower or Van Dorn Metro Station, thus saving me money, which is good! :D
There are currently five people in this whole office, who belong to Watershed Concepts. Three programers, Manas and myself.
Apparently the programmers, and hopefully Manas, want to take me out Wednesday or Thursday to lunch.
Other good news is.. Manas expects me to work Smart and Hard, but hopefully not long. Overtime is a distinct possibility, but he doesn't want to work it and doesn't expect me to unless I need to. If I need to, it's expected.
I've got a computer, but no account of my own yet, so I'm logged on under Because Angie left, I've been given her old cubicle. That means I'm right near Manas, but alas, right off one of the main paths, so it gets noisy here.
The cubicle is OK. It'll be better tommorow when I bring a few things of my own in, like my kitty calendar :)
Computer's not bad, if I may say. It's definately newer. I'd say it's a year old, give or take. Running Win XP Professional.
I WAS running on a four or five year old computer running Windows NT Patch 6 back at PBS&J.

What else?
I was up at god awful in the morning (3:30, I think) and couldn't get back to sleep.
Started dressing at 5:30.
Got out the door at 6:20
And.. arrived at Baker at 7:30
I'll be planning on waking up a LITTLE later tommorow (like half an hour!)
Especially given the shuttle from Eisenhower. That's cool. That's happy by me :)

Waiting for Manas to return. Should be getting real work soon. Yes, already.

I'm now.. right just this minute now.. FINALLY feeling excited about this brave new adventure in my life.
It's a little scary, with the hordes of people around me, but I think I'm finally ready to be excited about a new job.
Yay! :)

*postifies and waits for Manas to show up with real work*

Edit: Upside and DOwnside: I can get to my home email now, from here. But no more webcomics or game sites. Wow, I may need to work while at work ;p

Note to self.. Look into a portable fan. It's HOT in here. :p

Son of Edit: I think I've got a VOIP phone. The phone has an IP address...
Neat! :)

Grandson of Edit: I'm really feeling confident here. This stuff, as so far, is all.. stuff I know and have seen. Woot-nyo!

Great Grandson of Edit: It'd be really nice if the headache of doom went away now. I KNOW I'm tired. Stop, already :p Note to self, remember my headache pills tommorow :p

Great Great Grandson of Edit: Gods above, they have diet dr. pepper in their vending machine. A can for $0.50. Woot :) I loves it here :D

Comments

[lite.livejournal.com]

Yay, real work! Final letter for an easy Zone A :D

[circa.livejournal.com]

Your post sounded quite positive.. am I missing something about your mood?

[lite.livejournal.com]

Fixed. I don't know how I accidentally goofed that up. Is fixed now.

[kalidor.livejournal.com]

Yay for Lite!

Cute and happy and productive. Whooo

[lite.livejournal.com]

C'mon, the "cute" thing is old, innit?

[kalidor.livejournal.com]

Yeah but I feel nostalgic, and kinda anxious today.

So ... think of it as me coping ^^x;;

RE: fan

[kalidor.livejournal.com]

http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/accessories/5dee/

Re: fan

[lite.livejournal.com]

Possibly. Was thinking something bigger.. and more... Target, actually...

[lainiest.livejournal.com]

So, how many Manas are you working for?
And are they as girly and pretty in real life as they are in the pictures?

[lite.livejournal.com]

There is one Manas.
He is not particularly girly or pretty, but he's got a cute mustache.

[lainiest.livejournal.com]

And brightly colored hair done up in pigtails?

[lite.livejournal.com]

Not as such, no.
More like dark black hair in a sort of bowl cut...

[lainiest.livejournal.com]

Doesn't sound like he's very good at being a J-Rock singer, then. >_>

[lite.livejournal.com]

I guess not. Oh well, can't win them all.

[peachtess.livejournal.com]

I'm glad your liking your job! =)

[lite.livejournal.com]

Me too :)
I was really freakin' for a while, but once it was established I wouldn't necessarily need to put in mad overtime and that I did have some semblance of a clue how to do this job, I could chill and enjoy the bustle, the people, the atmosphere.. everything. :)

[sattruckguy.livejournal.com]

cool man, sounds like things are definitely better workwise already. maybe invest in earplugs if the noise bothers you (or headphones and play MP3s if you can work with music)

[lite.livejournal.com]

Got an iPod and Earphones. No one seems to care if I put them on, yet, so long as I see/hear my phone and answer it (which I won't yet since the people calling are not calling for me, but Angie)
Once I get into the swing of things, i'll probably be able to use it more. Right now, I have to keep getting up and talking to Manas.