The holidays are supposed to be an easy and quiet time of year for me at work, but there are so many new hires and so many "experienced" people are out that I find myself covering and answering questions and training and I haven't really had the time to do my own thing. Where did you go, my dreams of Netflix and translation at work? Will the next ( Read more... )

I can only assume the vague on and off bouts of nausea I've been feeling for the last four days is coming from stress but I don't actually know what could be stressing me out this much. I didn't eat anything weird and I don't think I'm otherwise sick. It's fucking miserable to kind of feel like you want to vomit for hours at a time and not actually ( Read more... )

I'm so drunk that I can't even. I genuinely like a lot of my co-workers. There are 2-3 in particular that I would want to keep, regardless of how things go ( Read more... )

I'm struggling to reconcile the feeling of complacence with the feeling that I'm not using my time well at this job. I am capable of so much more ( Read more... )

I've been too complacent. I need to cast a net again and see what I can find. I could stay and grow roots, but I know I can do a lot more and a lot better than this. Maybe I'm not cut out for a 9-5 after all.

Out drinking tonight with co-workers (developing a taste for picklebacks, mm) and while I don't love them the way I loved my Gengo and Peace Boat friends... not yet... I do love them.

Conversations about dinosaur sex, animal costumes, renting elephants, organizing e-mails... I feel right at home.

I'm starting to regret saying I'd work while I was here. I've been doing things on Chicago time since Monday and it's nice to be home free after 3pm but I'm so tired now. And it struck me that my co-workers might not have noticed ( Read more... )

I saw someone wearing the green two-tone North Face? jacket that D had on the train today and I caught myself staring at his back. It was a nice back. The jacket was too new looking ( Read more... )

I started my new job today! Despite the snow over the weekend, I was able to get into the Loop fairly easily and the first day went as first days do ( Read more... )

And today it's like nothing happened. Don't question it, I guess.

I declined an offer, I accepted an offer, I have developed a habit of being extremely nervous about these things until I'm certain there are no takebacksies. I can't fail a credit or background check, I know this, but still I worry ( Read more... )