MTB

Well, I finished my second full week of work.  Phew!

I was in training four of the five days and it was pretty intense.  I really liked it though.  I especially  liked all the food they gave us throughout each day.

Apparently this was the biggest training week that my company has had in a long time.  They tightened their belt quite a bit during the recession.  They tried really hard to not let people go and just trimmed the fat a bit through salary cuts and furlough days, from what I hear and see (on their financial statements, etc.), which is a big reason why I really like my company so much.

So, back to the free food.  Breakfast, lunch, and snack.  Every single day.  All the recent hires in my group (many women!) were in the training with me and they all love to eat like me, so we were constantly pigging out.  After every meal or snack, we were thinking about what we were going to eat next.  I got my fill of pastries, rice krispie treats, and coffee.  I could have just had an IV of coffee put in — I drank it all day long.  But the days were so long, you sort of needed to do that.  It’s sort of a double-edged sword though.  Eating a lot makes you really sleepy, too.  I was constantly between two states:  pig out —> sleepy —> pig out —> sleepy.

Sometimes there was so much information and detailed  and advanced technical things we were learning, some things flew over my head.  At times, I wasn’t sure what was worse, having to sit through a Korean language church sermon where I understand 70% of it or having to sit through eight hours of highly technical product training.  And I thought to myself, that I should have been an electrical or mechanical engineer.  Who in the world thought it would be a good idea to stick college freshmen in calculus during their first semester of school?!  Especially ones who were tasting freedom and the cultured world for the first time like a caged animal released into the wild?  Not like that was me.  Ok, it was.  My parents were sort of strict with me in high school.  So, what I’m trying to say is that I may have been misguided when I was younger.  Electrical and mechanical engineering is where it’s at.  Physics was my best science in college, anyway.  Not to mention my GSI was pretty cute, which then motivated me to go to lab and do well.  Man, that’s so silly!

There were some sales people in our training classes with us.  Ones that sell the product that I work on.  One important thing I learned this week is that people in sales are a different breed of human.  They will talk to anyone and anything with a pulse.  They would probably even chat it up with. . . well, with. . . ok, I’m not going to write what I was thinking.

Really, what is it?  Were they just really attention deprived when they were children?  I just wanted to take a piece of duct tape and slap it on over their mouths.  A million questions and a million stories.

I got my first paycheck on Thursday!  It was the 23rd.  Yeah, I know that weird and they have some kind of off-cycle pay schedule.  Regardless, I was really happy to finally have an income.  It should have been cause for more celebration, but I came home and cooked Raul and Aaron dinner.  Had some red wine, of course.

Yesterday was casual Friday.  I wasn’t sure what would be appropriate or not.  Last week, I went with some trouser jeans and a more conservative sweater.  This time around, I wore some tighter black jeans and I had to clear it my corporate fashion consultant, Raul.  He gave it a thumbs up.  He said as long as I don’t wear open toe shoes, it’s ok.  I have to admit, I’ve conservat-ized the way I dress a bit.  This ain’t no NYC.

It’s Saturday and I was up before 9am.  I love getting up early, especially when the sun is shining.  Today, I’m going shopping for some things I need for my new apartment.

It’s all coming together.

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