Workin' it once again

So my languid days of lying on the couch at home, traveling the world and collecting unemployment are over. My first day here was nothing like my first day at Brunswick, where I was given my paperwork and then left to rot in my cubicle for the rest of the day. Here they had a whole schedule ready for me, and my every moment up to now has been blocked out. They're hitting me with information pretty fast and furiously, which is kind of nice. It sounds like when I'm busy around here, I'm going to be really, really busy. The volume of candidates, interviews and hiring is pretty much quadruple what I used to handle.

The commute - 10 minutes in the car, 55 minutes on the train and 35 minutes on a bus - is gruesome. Fortunately, I move down to the city in about three weeks, and then the commute will drop to a half an hour, like it was during the old Brunswick days. In the meantime I'm getting a lot of reading done - if you've never read Herman Wouk's "The Winds of War," I highly recommend it.

In happier news, I have a window cubicle here and a pretty good view, all things considered. We're on the 30th floor, and when it's clear I can see the lake. So if you feel like impressing someone, you can say you have a friend with a window office in the John Hancock Center. It'd have to be someone who's very easily impressed, however.