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August 02, 2004
1st Day of Work!
So I survived my first day at Guaranty Bank. I made it to work about 20 minutes early (giving myself an hour to drive to work). Everyone is really friendly. I have a total of 6 people on the team including myself and another girl that started today. They are all in their late 20's early 30's. My boss took the whole team to lunch today at Chile's, where I had a better chance to talk to the others.
Kristina, my new boss is getting married in a month. Shelly lives "In the North" --Which I learned today is a bad place to live because of the horrible traffic-- and her boyfriend lived in the Riata at one point. She lives somewhere close to my apartment though. She also worked for the company who worked on Barnes and Noble University before LMNK took it over. Jeff, the only male in my team, is from Germany...but has no accent (that was a topic of conversation at lunch) and drives VW GTI. Elizabeth, who is transferring out of our department is married and went on her honeymoon in Turkey, and bought a turkish rug. And Stephanie is the other "New Hire" --That's what we are called right now-- and she lives south of work (the good place to live) and has been married for 4 years, likes camping and scarpbooking.
So, that's my new team...They are all really close and we all eat lunch together everyday at the Cafeteria (there's a real one there...that actually has a menu and sells food...). They have happy hours, one of which they are planning for this friday in order to help me make friends...and Game Night, where once a month, the team gather's at a team members home and brings significant others and drinks...
OK...More later. Nate Just called dinner.
Ok I'm back...Anyway, work was cool. Driving home was not. I was caught in evening traffic for an hour, and my car A/C doesn't work so well in this SWELTERING heat :-)
Supposedly on Wednesday, Nate's work is having a happy hour after work. Thursday I am going to Riata to sign my lease, and Friday my boss Kristina is planning a happy hour. Nate and Heidi leave for Vegas, on Saturday...and I get the keys to my new apartment.
Posted by beth at August 2, 2004 08:10 PM