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Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Saw My New Office Today


IT'S OFFICIAL. I saw it with my own two eyeballs. The memo that said I was hired, the department where I will be working, the floor I'll be on, and my office number. So I took the elevator up to the fifth floor and took a peek at my new digs. I am in an interior office; no windows. Call me zany, but I have had three offices and two cubicles here, and the interior offices felt cozier to me. I usually closed the blinds, anyway, to better see my computer when I was in the offices with windows.

Glass half full? Yup.

Am I nervous? Yup. Am I excited? Yup. Do I have any regrets? Nope.

My last day of the internship is April 21; the last day of class is April 24. I will have a work exam and a final exam the last week in April. Graduation is May 8. I will start my job May 17. I will have a good bit of "me time" until then--so I can unwind.

It's official...

~Ms. T. J.

5 comments:

  1. You must be so excited! (Not to mention scared, nervous, aware) Are you counting the sleeps yet?

    Carolyn

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  2. That's so exciting!  Good for you and best of luck with that graduation rush!

    I'm still waiting on the VA regarding employment and casually looking for jobs in the meantime -- I don't want to freak out now while I'm finishing up the last 3 weeks of school!

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  3. Carolyn!
    The Sleeps...I like that!  I have not, but I'll do anything to distract me from the last BIG paper!
    ~Ms. T. J.

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  4. I am burning to a crispy crunch tonight; it's time to call it quits (working on the last paper).

    Amy Rose: you will be an amazing social worker!  All my very best wishes to you on the the job-hunt journey.

    ~Ms. T. J.

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  5. Thanks, Miranda!

    ~Ms. T.J.

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