My First Day of Work at Elizabeth Street

I forgot to bring reading material on the subway on the way to work. No headphones either. I could have just sat there, but I was too nervous. Instead, I wrote.

Going to my first day of work. I was planning on writing all ideas for Elizabeth Street in this notebook. But I can't think of any right now. Everyone is wearing a jacket. I got rid of mine on the hottest day of summer. It was from Old Navy over five years ago. The label always embarrassed me when I left it on a coat rack. Or worse at coat check. Really I wish

And then I stopped writing because I was boring myself over coats. I stared at the ads on the subway until my stop and walked to my office with enough time to buy breath mints.

I love the work environment.  The large windows, the art, the people. It's a great space. But beyond all that, my boss made me feel so valuable to the team today. My favorite was seeing my ideas put on the calendar. Now I just have to show em what I got. I couldn't have asked for a better first day. On my way home, I texted Rob some of the highlights and wrote that I finally didn't feel like a loser. He responded:

Cool. Now go get those kids so they can yell at you and bring you back down to earth :)

It took about an hour, but they eventually did just that. Little stinks. It's good for me though. At least I can handle their tantrums a little better when I feel like my life finally figured out how to get good.

Here's some pictures of my office.  Everyone forgave me for being such a dork. I wasn't brass enough to take one of my workspace and coworkers behind the bookshelves though. Even I have my limits. I'll leave that to my second day. ;)