Today was my first day at work. I loved everyone I met and had a packed day with orientation and such. They filled my head with revenue goals, growth trajectories and made my mind spin with the endless opportunities for an analyst like me. Our product lines are so exciting and I can't wait to get into the work! People are fast-paced, super smart, and whoa, so motivated and energetic! I love working with people who know what they are doing and love their job. These people look like they looked forward to being in their work stations even on a day such as this. I woke up this morning to horribly grey skies and drove for a hr to work. I live only 12 miles away and yet, it took me an hr to arrive. All i can say is... I hate city traffic. I'm going to take the shuttle from now on.

Got my great benefits....my new laptop...and now, I just need that blackberry have to find out how I can get my hands on one. on the hand, if what the ppl with the blackberries say is true - i might not wanna become the workaholic who walks into walls and doors because I'm constantly checking it

At lunch, I was humorously reminded that work is not school. I returned a question about my summer and got a reply that reminded me that my life has been reduced to work, eat and sleep... and vacations will most likely be thanksgiving, christmas and new years day. Even with our great PTO package, it seems like most ppl still stick around for the holidays O_o. I guess I'll learn what that really means soon.

Tomorrow will be another exciting day. Sg2 is putting on another conference - Annual Business and Technogy Forecast at the Westin near O'Hare. Waking up bright and earlier and meeting a co-worker at the station to drive over. The only downside is... I need to go to bed early today! (I went to bed at 9pm last night - geez... i'm getting old). Anyhow, for anyone bored enough to check on my life.. that's what I've done. I'm getting settled into my apt and things are falling into place, Praise the Lord.