Anyway, I leave right on time and get to the office with 3 minutes to spare. I work on the 4th floor, and there is an elevator to get up there. However, to get to any floor you need a specific badge. I thought you just needed a badge to get on the elevator, not choose a floor. So I get on the elevator, and I had like 3 bags in my hand, my phone, my purse and my keys. I ask the guy, if he will push “4” for me. He is like you need a badge. I thought he was just being an unneeded jerk. I explain to him it’s my first day, and they’re supposed to have my badge ready at the office. He just repeats “you need a badge”. I was like okay jerk. So we are on the 2nd floor and I realize I can’t push 4, so I go ask the 2nd floor secretary if she has a magical badge that can get me up to the 4th floor. She seriously looked at me like I was going to destroy her life by asking this. She kind of whispered, and was like no, you need to go back down. I was already in the middle of my “it's my first day” story, and she just keeps saying louder and louder. You need to go back down the elevator. Apparently you don’t need a magic badge to go down. So I go back down the elevator and go to the main lobby. No one is there. The office building is just starting to fill up. I call the only phone number I have for my new company and it goes to voicemail. Its like 20 after at this point, and I am starting to freak out thinking my new employer will think I am just this late on my first day. I tote all my luggage (laptop, iPad, purse, and other new office crap) out to my car and call Jared. I am kind of in panic mode at this point, and really just want to drive home and crawl back into bed. Wake up again and start all over. A random number calls me after I sit and vent to Jared, and I answer. It’s my new boss. He tells me, he’s sorry and he will meet me at the lobby. I decide to play it cool and not bring in all my luggage this time. I get inside, and don’t see him. I sit in the way too big lobby chairs, and just sit. I was thinking, “Isn’t he supposed to be in here?” So after about 5 minutes, I call the random number back and hear his voice somewhere in the ginormous lobby, “Hello?” I replied, “I hear you, but don’t see you”. He had been sitting on the other side of the lobby (separated by elevators). I was relieved to see him. I was ready to go UP to the 4th floor. Finally, he hands me my magic badge, and I’m official. I can go UP the elevator now, not just down!
Other than that my first day was really awesome. I was just training, and learning from the girl that I am replacing. I wish she was staying, because she and I really vibed well. But if she were staying, I wouldn’t have this job, so I guess I don’t wish that.
I can already tell this week is going to be crazy. I am learning so much, and trying to soak it all in. I am sure I will be asking all my new coworkers a million questions, but they don’t mind. I already made sure of that today! I think that after this week, my life will calm down. I am hoping I will be able to nail down a new schedule with my new job, where I can get back into a routine of blogging. I feel like I have been a mess lately and my brain is all over the place! Maybe I will have to start scheduling posts (ha! me plan ahead?)... We will see.
Anyway, please don’t hate that I have been so absent from everywhere EXCEPT twitter :)I haven’t opened my bloglovin’ in a week, and I want to so badly. I just seriously need some time to figure out my new schedule, and get settled in my new life.Wish me luck and NO horror stories for my second day!
