First Day of Work

Today, I started my (3rd attempt at) first day of work. Yesterday I was supposed to start work, but ended up getting caught in Hurricane Sandy and staying inside. Welcome to the East Coast! Doesn't Baltimore understand us Californians aren't prepared for high winds and heavy rain?! Everyone told me today that this was a highly unusual storm, figures it would happen my assigned first day of work.

Hurricane Sandy looked similar to this

Today, I got dressed and drove to work. I made it to work by 8:20 and I walked in about 5 minutes later... to a fairly empty office. What the hell? I ran into our VP Operations who so kindly shook my hand and said everyone was actually scheduled to come in at 10 am. Cool. This would happen to me. So I laughed it off and got back in my car and drove to Dunkin' Donuts, the only open store in Timonium since most of the power had been knocked out due to the storm. I came back around 9:45 and joked around with the guy in charge while my boss is out of town. I told him he owes me lunch. My boss later called to apologize for the mix up and give me crap about not showing up on the first day of work (he was completely kidding) and then followed up his statement with how excited he is to have me here in Baltimore. I really do enjoy going to a work environment where people actually want me to work there and think I can be a valuable addition to their company, unlike my previous job.

Today, I FINALLY started work after 5 months of figuring out exactly what I wanted to do. Today was a pretty mundane day of filling out papers and taking my 100th tour around the plant, but it was exactly what I wanted. I felt so absolutely excited, exhausted, content, and overjoyed to be back in the environment I loved. The production floor was pretty quiet due to the hurricane shutting down all public transportation and flooding most roads. It was still amazing though to walk around and see folders and Heidis (our UGS nickname for the offset sheetfed press) and plates and ink all over the floor. It was exactly what I needed after a long week of moving and finding a new home.

Tonight, I went for drinks with a German guy who told me I fidget a lot and that I looked nervous (mainly because I felt like I was on a super awkward date with a really old man, sorry mom!) We talked about Germany and American baseball and futbol and how he'd never been to Oktoberfest (what?!?!) However,  it was a great way to end my first day of work and the start to many more!

P.s. If anyone could send me someone baked pumpkin seeds, I may love you forever (hint hint MOM)