Chapter 51: In Which We Are Lazy Bums.
First day back at work, first day in this specific job - and after an hour, I am already in my (old) office, typing an entry. Have to love it.
"Oh, you're here already?"
"Umm, yeah, G [the boss] told me to get here at 7."
"She did? Oh. Well. You still have your old key card and such?"
"Yeah."
"And your office key?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, go and sit there and try to look busy while I reactivate the key card."
"... Oookay."
But I do not mind, really. It is quite good to sit here with my half-a-litre mug full of coffee, and read news online. Although a few minutes ago, The Swede brought me some papers to translate, but that seemed easy enough - no tricky words or expressions, quite easy language. Probably for the first-year students. Heh.
All in all, things are pretty much back to normal - even if there is a different working title below my name outside the door. The only visible changes since the beginning of June are that it is cleaner here now (because I organised the bookshelf and did some other things), and there is now one more photo on top of my computer.
I hate to admit it, but somehow, this feels like coming back home.
But I hate mornings. And I am going to continue with the same working hours as before - i.e. eight hours somewhere in between 6 am and 9 pm, depending on what I have to do. Practically, when the autumn term starts, I will most likely work from 8 am to 4 or 5 am, but now as the summer break is still officially on, I get pretty freely to choose when I am working - as long as I stick to the deadlines. :D
Speaking of, I think I had better start translating the papers for The Swede. God knows he is not a person you want to annoy by slowing down his working...
"Oh, you're here already?"
"Umm, yeah, G [the boss] told me to get here at 7."
"She did? Oh. Well. You still have your old key card and such?"
"Yeah."
"And your office key?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, go and sit there and try to look busy while I reactivate the key card."
"... Oookay."
But I do not mind, really. It is quite good to sit here with my half-a-litre mug full of coffee, and read news online. Although a few minutes ago, The Swede brought me some papers to translate, but that seemed easy enough - no tricky words or expressions, quite easy language. Probably for the first-year students. Heh.
All in all, things are pretty much back to normal - even if there is a different working title below my name outside the door. The only visible changes since the beginning of June are that it is cleaner here now (because I organised the bookshelf and did some other things), and there is now one more photo on top of my computer.
I hate to admit it, but somehow, this feels like coming back home.
But I hate mornings. And I am going to continue with the same working hours as before - i.e. eight hours somewhere in between 6 am and 9 pm, depending on what I have to do. Practically, when the autumn term starts, I will most likely work from 8 am to 4 or 5 am, but now as the summer break is still officially on, I get pretty freely to choose when I am working - as long as I stick to the deadlines. :D
Speaking of, I think I had better start translating the papers for The Swede. God knows he is not a person you want to annoy by slowing down his working...