Those of you who have followed my ongoing saga know I moved back to RI from CA in August. I landed a job about a month ago, and am starting tomorrow.
The job will be simple; help desk at a local community college. And it’s only part-time for now, until the full-time position I’m going for becomes funded by the state.
I’ll know just about all my fellow employees. My housemate is the web developer there. Most of the people I worked with at my alma mater have moved over to this college. So I’ll be comfortable there, with people I’ve worked for in the past. Kinda funny, I went in for the interview, and no one recognized me. Then when I left, one of the women I worked with told my housemate “Wow, Rasa has changed so much since she worked for us. But then again, she was just a kid then.” Heh, I wish I felt like a grown-up; it’s only been 5 years since I started there.
So why am I scared? I shouldn’t be. Easy job, good environment, close to home, part-time. No pressure. But I’m scared! Me, who dropped everything and moved 3,000 miles away on a whim, am scared of a job. Since I’ve gotten back to RI, I’ve become almost a hermit. The events of the past month haven’t helped much either; while I’m not scared to leave the house, I don’t have much desire to in light of the state of the world. A wise friend thinks it’s depression; I think it’s just apathy.
I think this job is the kick in the ass I need to get me back into the Real World.
Best of luck, sis. And don’t be scared. You’re Rasa, goddammit! Those mortals don’t stand a chance.
P.S. Ask virtee why he still hasnt called me. I’m starting to think he lost interest.
I think you’re still on the rebound from all of the trauma you experienced out here. The bay area is wacky enough by itself, but you managed to also hook up with one of its chief wing nuts (not wishing to be too mean about it). Trying to deal with that would have given any of us the heebie-jeebies. Settle back and visualize success. It might seem strange at first, but here’s hoping you’ll get used to it.
Oh. Success? Sure, I’ll visualize that while I’m at it too. You’re right, I have mostly ignored all the drama of the past year of my life, and tried to segue back into my semi-normal life without resolving anything.
Ahh getting up at 8 am…that’s been my life for the past half year…except fridays when i get to sleep in til 9! I hope you had a good day at work dear :).
It’s weird, working with all the people I worked with in college. Same people, different location. And there’s apparently office-politics type stuff between the staff of my alma mater and the people who didn’t work there. But I should be able to avoid it pretty easily; I don’t care to get involved!
Not surprisingly, I spent my day going over the documentation and tutorials on the web. They don’t want to “throw me in” and put me on the phones right away, which is nice, but I’m more than capable. It’s not going to be hard to impress them, I’ve been doing support for like 7 years now. And I’ll get to do web stuff too, which I miss.
All in all, the day went well! I don’t have a computer, and probably won’t get my own desk, but I’ll survive. And probably no Straight Doping, as it’s an open office plan. Don’t wanna be caught slacking.
rocking chair, how did you know that peanut butter and Jew sandwiches were my favorite? Heehee… that made me giggle for quite a while.
i’m glad your day went well. at my office the wolves circle about 2 minutes after you are spotted at your desk.
i’m still acking… i have no clue how that happened. i’m glad i hit on your favourite. oy!
katie, thankya muchly! And saph, I am indeed the bog dorkiest of bog dorks!
rocking chair, you typed &j, which is the vB code for “happy little Jewish smiley”. If you click the little “disable smilies in this post” at the bottom of the screen, you can type it all you want and not get a surprise smiley!
Oh and Doob, this is the first time in years I didn’t have to get up at like 6:30 am for work. When I worked in Mountain View and lived in San Jose, I had to get up then to make it to work (10 miles away!) for 9 am. Damn traffic! Commute here is great, 10 minutes or so.
Heehee, I had to share this cuz it’s too freaking cute.
When I came home from work today, virtee was in the back yard, cutting some really nice yellow flowers. He didn’t hear me coming, and when he saw me he gave me a big grin and said “These are for you.” He also did all the laundry, and made chocolate chip cookies! Not that it’s surprising that he did the laundry and stuff, but I just thought it was all so sweet.
