in the interests of having nothing to say about my life to anyone in person, because they'll all have read my blog...
the new job is currently looking pretty good. i was expecting to not do anything of a revenue generating nature and to enjoy watching the tumbleweeds (on crack or otherwise) rolling gently between the desks on their way to the outer reaches. however these were the only things that were quite like I'd expected.
first off, my team is quite chatty. before lunch we'd managed to cover 3-4 members of the royal family, a number of collagues, the weather, my boss's puppies, and quite a number of potential cures for back strain. my worries of serious, professional, librarian types were quite unfounded.
i was expecting coffee, but the presence of biscuits *and* fresh fruit was grand (and saved me eating any actual lunch).
other, more distant colleagues were helpful, intelligent, reasonably well spoken on average and occassionally funny. people talk to each other in the kitchen area...
I only made one embarrassing gaff, which wouldn't have been too bad except it was in an email, and I'd just been hired for my writing skills. urgh.
this was in no small amount due to my huge 21 inch computer screen (I literally can't write on the thing as the sentences get lost in the corners). my desk and chair were comfortable, and I have the interesting new experience of a split keyboard. I also get a partial view out through the State Highway 1 cutting to Johnsonville, which gives me a really valuable sense of space.
so far, everything has been intelligable (except why I can't import a csv file of contacts into Outlook) tho everyone keeps telling me that nothing will make sense for the first year. i suppose i'll get scared and confused in time.
must sleep now, so i do not yawn copiously through all my meetings tomorrow.
all in all, v. odd, but with considerable promise.
Posted by carla at July 8, 2003 12:00 AM