as of today, i am officially back in the working world. this morning i actually had to SET MY ALARM (le gasp!), something that i’ve done maybe a dozen times since august of last year. yeah yeah, i know, poor me, living a charmed life. the only downside to not having to set your alarm is not having a regular paycheck. if i could figure out a way to get a regular paycheck without having to set my alarm, i’d be golden.

the thing that sucks about having to go to a job in the morning though, is that i’m generally not hungry right when i wake up, getting hungry about 1-2 hours later. so this morning before i left for work, i was trying to decide if i should eat something even though i wasn’t hungry in the slightest. i then told my roommate, “you know, i think it should be a requirement that all companies give you breakfast and lunch on your first day at a new job.” and lo and behold! fresh coffee, juice, fruit and pastries awaited us when we went to the training room! and then, sandwiches, pasta salad and chips provided for lunch! woo-hoo! i’m pretty sure that they won’t be doing that every day, but still, it was a nice gesture on a first day at a new job. also, the company provides free (good) coffee (not that vending machine crap), tea and hot chocolate for all employees, which is nice.

i don’t want to blog too much about my job, lest i get “dooced,” so i won’t go into specifics about it. but specifics aside, the people that i’m working with are all very nice, and seem like a good group of people to be on a team with. the manager of the department that i’ll be working in is, in a word, awesome. she’s friendly, very open in regards to her personal communication policy (which is very important to me), yet she’s diplomatic and fair. granted, i’ve only known her for one full day, but we discussed some touchy issues today in training, and she handled them gracefully. i think i’ll be quite content to work for her. as i’ve discovered in previous jobs, the people who are directly supervising you can have a large, direct impact on your personal enjoyment of the job.

at any rate, that’s about it for today. i’m brewing up another (more serious) post, but i have to ruminate on that one before i post.  (in other words, WATCH OUT! POSSIBLE DRUNKEN BLOGRAMBLINGS!)