The First Day!

Hi everyone,

Well, I've had my first day at the new job.  It's been pretty good!

I don't recall if I said, but the new firm is in the Rialto, one of Melbourne's iconic skyscrapers.  I think that for a long time it was the tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere, and I recall that when we were kids and Mum or Dad were passing through Melbourne and we drove underneath it, it was always with a sense of occasion that we'd be craning our neck to see to the top.  When I was a bit older and going to high school in Rosebud, it was one of the giant buildings we could see the dark blue silhouette of, all the way across Port Phillip Bay.  And the first full day Joni spent in Melbourne, we went to the top of the Rialto, to the observation deck, and gazed at the view and had beer and potato wedges with sour cream.



And now I'm working in it.

The building itself is less impressive inside than I was expecting,  Each floor is a good deal smaller than my last workplace, not as well it, and it's hard to escape a sense of clutter.  That said, my office is bigger than my last office, and has floor to ceiling windows that look out over the Yarra River so that I can see the Casino and Flinders Street Station, and to my old (other) high school in South Yarra, and all the way out to beyond the city limits.

The people are nice, but seem terribly businesslike and driven, although I feel like I can fit in well with that.  My new boss seems like a combination of my two old bosses - friendly, but very very professional.  I think this is a combination that will suit me just fine.  Most of the office processes and computer systems are the same, so induction is going smoothly.  I've taken over a suite of files from someone else, and I spent a decent whack of the day getting into the most pressing one.  Feeling pretty good about it all.  Like I've been saying: this isn't a forever job, but it does feel like this is my moment to shine.

I worked till about 5:45pm and came back here.  On the tram back I drafted up a short (about 600 words) essay about the Camp Security archaeological site in Pennsylvania that I'll see if anyone's interested in.  When I got back here I was tossing up between going for a run or watching Big Bang Theory.  I figured that as my knees had gotten too sore to run on the last time I ran every day or every second day, I'd leave it for tomorrow.  I'm genuinely unsure if this represents prudence or rationalization!

I made up tuna fettucine for dinner.  Now blogging and in a minute, bed.  Tired but feeling good for tomorrow.  Don't want to get into the endless late nights unless I have to though.  Bugger that for a joke.  I'd sooner spend my off hours working on my history credentials.  Let's see if I can sustain it.

Ok, bedtime.

See you tomorrow.