I got the chance to go to lunch with my boss today at one of a ba-zillion Asian restaurants in the Redmond/Bellevue area (I think this one was a sushi place). He asked me how it was going, since I'm about 2 full weeks into the job. My frankest answer was simply, that I'm not used to working this hard.
Dang, my head hurts.
Sadly, the last position I was in didn't provide anywhere near the challenge of this one. I've exerted more mental effort in the last 2 weeks here than I did at the entire last 6 months of work.
These days I come home, sit down, and my brain slowly decompresses. It's like every evening is another little jet-lag episode. I have job-lag, every night.
I'm NOT complaining! Far from it, I should add. I'm loving it here. There's tons of stuff to learn, and new people to get to know, SOOO much to do in the area it's near impossible to decide. But maybe that's just a consequence of the job-lag condition...
Memorial Day quickly approaches, and I was asking my boss what he's got on deck for the holiday. We talked at length about different things to do over lunch: ferrys and scenic drives, hiking and climbing, biking and skiing. My stories of leaning to ski in Wisconsin amused him. But this last bit sums up my work experience completely:
He's going to be working this weekend. And me...? Well, if Lisa doesn't plan anything, what else can I do? (wink wink)
3 comments:
Hi guys!
Am I the first to post a comment? Am I? What do I win????
Good to see you guys are settling in. I'm seriously, intensely jealous. There's something so alluring about getting to start over in a totally new place. Reading your posts definitely makes me think about applying to more jobs out of the Chicago area if this Pfx interview goes south!
And Brian, while you're working hard, I'm sure it's at least somewhat satisfying to know that the work you're doing is both appreciated, and going towards some good :) As much as I like being lazy... I'll take being busy over lazy if given the choice.
So you guys gonna have new email addresses, and seattle phone numbers? And didja watch that movie yet???
And, um, I'll speak up since you guys are so far away and Lisa can't hit me, and I'm sure somebody like Rob or Dave will ask anyways... be a doll and lets see the rest of the leopard-print skirt ya got there ;) *duck*
Talk to ya,
Not Jim. Anonymous. Really.
You were the first poster! You win a, um, uh....a uh....a trip out to see us on the 4th of July weekend! :D
If you're gonna apply outside of Chicago, then you must come here. ;)
We'll definitely have the same email addys and we're gonna keep the same phone numbers for the time being. We'll send out our permanent info once we get settled into Redmond.
And yes we watched that DRECK you call a movie. :P Oh man, was that bad. Someone must have been really pissed off at MS to come up with that.
Oh, and Jim? *WHACK* ;)
Hello!!! I am so excited to see your website. I was laughing when i read that you go lost Lisa. Get use to it, but just think, in a few months you will be able to get all over the place! Remember what i told about how many u-turns i made when i first moved to minnie!
I am glad to hear your first few days of work have been painless. I was thinking of you on Monday morning!
Well, speaking of work - i should get back to it! Take care!!!
summer
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