First day in the books

This is how my first day at my new job went. Very tiring. I am overloaded on information that I have to remember. I’m so overwhelmed. And it’s pretty obvious by looking at me how tired I am from the weekend. I didn’t sleep well. I was anxious so I tossed and turned.

I got into my new office and Michelle was already there waiting. She had been there since 6am. She is my little worker bee. She had everything ready and all of my favorite desk items already set up for me. She’s a champ. She has deserved this new job and this huge raise in her pay for years. But my budget limitations would never allow me to pay her what she is making now. She is worth every penny. Today she shuttled me from place to place around the building. She knew everyone’s names and would whisper it to me before we walked in. She was professional, friendly and would stand back and let me do my thing. We are a team. And I was so glad I decided to let her come here. Because today, I really could not have gotten through all of this without her.

The VP’s and some of the managers and employees offered to take me out to dinner tonight. I didn’t want to go but I decided to say yes. We went to this place that everyone has told me about. Brazilian food. Hmmmm. And yes it is delicious. I wasn’t too thrilled on the presentation of it. But other than that, everything I ate was really good. The salad bar area, wow! Just wow on that one! I took a bunch of food home. And I didn’t have to pay for everyone’s meal this time. They paid for mine. That never happens.

I stopped at Whole Foods and got groceries for the week. I have been sitting on the couch the past hour petting on my cat who has all of a sudden decided I’m not such a bad guy after all. She is back to being sweet and cuddly. She even walked up to me once and meowed. So I picked her up. She hasn’t done that in a while. I think she is feeling safe and at home here. She has her own little spots she likes to hang out in. I tried to tell her we are moving again to our next home next week but she’s in denial Lol Oh well, when I get her carrier out she will figure it out.

I am stressed out but happy. Things are falling into place. I know this move was the best thing for me. I just wish I had someone to share it with. My friends and family have been sending me texts and leaving me voicemails today wishing me luck. Very nice of everybody. I know that someday I will want to start dating again but I’m not ready. Right now I’m focused on doing a good job at work and getting ready to move into my new house. Once I’m in the new house I will be busy for weeks getting it set up the way I want it. I already found a contractor thanks to my neighbor downstairs Julia. She seems to be well connected here. The contractor said he can meet me at my house Tuesday evening to go over what I want done right away. I have all the time in the world to stay in this condo. So my plan is to go ahead and get the painting stuff done before we go. He said his crew of 10 guys can get it finished in 3 days. I don’t know that I want to do any major construction stuff yet. I kind of like how it is. I just want some colors on the wall. The previous owners painted everything white which is great for me.

I’m going to watch some tv and start looking at paint colors online. There’s some websites that you can kind of see how the paint colors look in various living room and bedroom setups. That will probably help out a lot. I have no idea how to decorate anything. And I don’t want to hire someone that I will just argue with. For now painting is a good start. The rest will come little by little.

I hope everyone has a great week and you can look forward to a great weekend. I’m so tired right now I will probably go to bed by 10:30 tonight. At least that’s the plan.