Day one has come and gone. My outfit was picked out before I went to bed on Sunday (Even though I slept for about 4 hours total...) I woke up at the crack of dawn. I rode the subway during major traffic hour where personal space is unheard of and arrived at orientation 45 minutes before I needed to be there. I filled out forms and filed paper work that might as well be written in hieroglyphics (they really should make tax forms user friendly, or at least dumb them down a little bit so the normal teen-adult like me can understand what they are talking about). I only brought a copy of my passport when I really needed the actual physical passport, so its being overnighted by my mom so I can be put into the system (a blip that of course that would happen to me...). I drank about 4 cups of very strong coffee because I did not get a lot of sleep last night. I wore my best trendy outfit and shoes that killed my calves and thighs by noon. I read more irrelevant material than I ever did in college (all syllabus weeks combined). I was given a desk with a phone, computer and notebook. But I was also not given a phone number, username, password or pen, making all the materials given useless. I was treated to lunch by a few of my supervisors. I sat through a meeting where I had no idea what was going on. I re-read the irrelevant information about 3 times until I knew the information backwards and forwards (I'll let you know if that information has anything to do with my actual job later). I took the subway home in rush hour and walked home in the poring rain with the cool purple umbrella they gave me. I can barley keep my eyes open. It's 8:30 and all I want to do is go to bed.
And guess what: I am loving every second of it.
This is what I wanted and couldn't ask for more. This job is going to be a perfect start for me. The people in the department are warming and welcoming. They actually like hanging out with each other and seem as if they enjoy working with each other as well.
From what I can see, this department is a place to grow, ask questions, learn, and excel. Who knows where I will end up or even what I will be doing for that matter. But what I do know is that I am suppose to be in this department- every tear and interview that I went through were all suppose to happen and I ended up right where I should have been the entire time.
Lesson Learned:
Bring original copies. of everything.
Peace, Love and purple company umbrellas,
B
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