FRIDAY night: Stayed a bit late at work, went next door for some happy hour drinks with co-workers. Can I just give myself a shout-out since I planned the little outing? Way to go, NP! Now, if only I could extend this nano-success to ACTUAL networking. That way, instead of standing around with a fawn-in-the-headlights look at conferences, I could actually shake my hands and hold a decent conversation. I'm still learning.
SATURDAY: Did some work at home. My dad tried to make me go to an uncle-auntie party with him (he actually said I would feel bad if I didn't go because he might have a stroke or heart attack while driving to their place. huh??). I resisted though, which made me feel bad, but I knew that nothing is more empty in terms of my time than answering the same old pratter that is directed to me: How are you? Look how big/thin/fat/pretty you are? When are you getting married? We are getting old, when are you having kids? When is the wedding?
Drove to Bwoy's place in the evening. Met up with his friend and new girlfriend (of 2 wks-- who is someone's girlfriend after 2 weeks??I guess it's official now since it's on Facebook), got fairly drunk, went to a friend's place for more drinks, then went out to a bar. At the bar, my friend told me to talk to some girls he thought were cute-- fairly successful for me (I look harmless enough), not so successful when I tried to hand the off to him. Besides, who pimps out their friends to bring back girls?? Afterwards, we ate meat pies which were really delicious when you're drunk. Perhaps they are as good sober, but I have the feeling I'll never bother to find that out. Came back around 3 am.
SUNDAY: Brunch with 2 girlfriends at a fancy brunch place in Chelsea. The place is a restaurant/clothing store. Which was supposed to be cutting edge, or something that I didn't understand. Basically this meant we were eating while surrounded by clothing racks. Very strange. Afterwards, we went to a Mikimoto sample sale, ogled jewelry, thought about when I would actually wear a $4,000 necklace (answer: never), and exited. Went to the MOMA where my day of not undertsanding cutting-edge and luxury things continued. Sorry, I'm not going to pretend-- I don't get modern art. Also, I'd rather read a book or watch a movie (pref in 3-D). We ate overpriced food at the MOMA, and my day was pretty much complete. In the evening, I picked Bwoy up from the hospital and we went to Queens to eat under-priced, easy to understand, and very delicious Indian food.
MONDAY: I have the day off! Which means I slept while panicking about how much shit I need to squeeze into work during a short workweek. I did some work at home, again. I also checked my stocks, and decided to buy stock in Borders since I shop there all the time and they are going to come up with an eBooks app in the near future this year-- I think this might help their stock price go up. I also did some planning for work. I hope they bring in the new person. Often, I have no idea what the hell I'm doing. Le sigh. In particular, there is an initiative I want to start at work-- but I'd be pretty much diving head first into shark-infested waters. Which means I need to be on the offensive as I start this initiative, which means I need to do research, which means--- aahhh, what am I doing updating this thing??
Well, that pretty much was my weekend. Not too bad. Off to do some more work. There's never enough time.
Monday
Settling in
Well, I would say I have definitely settled in (somewhat) to my new role. It's exhausting. I juggle multiple projects, and basically went to checking my stocks online out of boredom at my old job, to not having time to eat at this job.
That said, I do love it. And I am slowly getting better at it. Of course, they are bringing someone in to replace by departed boss, which makes me quite nervous because: a) I don't want to relinquish all my work (which I actually care about and have invested quite a bit of time in); b) I don't know if this boss will get along with me; and c) I am afraid some weird hierarchy will be implemented. Right now, the hierarchy is pretty loose which I like. The last thing I want is another layer above me. I'd rather have a team situation than a supervisor situation. After all, in my last job, I was continually squashed down like a bug, and now I am finally able to make decisions and have surprisingly been excellent at doing so. I like having this authority and don't feel it would be good for the dept to strip that away. Ego, much? Perhaps. I think it's more an opportunity for leadership, which I relish.
Needless to say, I'll have to be very cautious about the situation-- I also get to "teach" the new boss about the work that I do (and work that I will have to hand off to him/her), so I'll have to be cautious about this as well. If things work out, I can do other things and not have to feel so stressed out. If things don't work out, well I guess I'll still make the best of it until I find something better.
That said, I do love it. And I am slowly getting better at it. Of course, they are bringing someone in to replace by departed boss, which makes me quite nervous because: a) I don't want to relinquish all my work (which I actually care about and have invested quite a bit of time in); b) I don't know if this boss will get along with me; and c) I am afraid some weird hierarchy will be implemented. Right now, the hierarchy is pretty loose which I like. The last thing I want is another layer above me. I'd rather have a team situation than a supervisor situation. After all, in my last job, I was continually squashed down like a bug, and now I am finally able to make decisions and have surprisingly been excellent at doing so. I like having this authority and don't feel it would be good for the dept to strip that away. Ego, much? Perhaps. I think it's more an opportunity for leadership, which I relish.
Needless to say, I'll have to be very cautious about the situation-- I also get to "teach" the new boss about the work that I do (and work that I will have to hand off to him/her), so I'll have to be cautious about this as well. If things work out, I can do other things and not have to feel so stressed out. If things don't work out, well I guess I'll still make the best of it until I find something better.
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