week one: a frozen and hungry beary

This first week of many firsts (see previous post) has been a really interesting one. I can hardly believe it's already over.

Schedule
Wow, talk about being predictable. Every day has been pretty much the same:
7:00 Wake up (go back to sleep)
7:15 Wake up (go back to sleep)
7:30 Wake up (and actually get up!)
7:30-8:30 Get ready, check e-mail... oh crap! I'm going to be late!
8:30-9:15(ish) Commute to work (Tech Shuttle, T, walk a few minutes)
9:15-6:30/7:00 (or later) Work (with a break for lunch!)
7:30 Back on campus -> ATSATSATS! e-mails, e-mails, e-mails
1:oo Sleep

Frozen and Hungry
It's been pretty cold this first week. There was ice all over the place on my way to work on Monday (a treacherous walk from South Station), and a storm just passed by dumping about 4 inches on us yesterday and this morning. I used my boots for the first time today; I had forgotten how amazing it feels to have warm feet when it's cold outside!

Partially due to the weather, and more due to laziness, I have yet to venture to a supermarket to buy necessary food items. My stomach is currently grumbly (though I have just now remembered the pad thai in my fridge from Tuesday's dinner!). I've been surviving on free food from the office, dinners (with Changy and Vu!), a few pastries from Chinatown, and Welch's fruit snacks (though my stash is running low). Maybe I'll finally get some groceries... tomorrow.

Externship
I didn't really know what to expect, but I feel like I've gotten used to it a lot faster than I thought I would. Day One was training, and then I got staffed on a project. No details, obviously, but the project is really neat and the people I'm working with are cool too! Everyone in the firm is super nice and friendly; we all eat lunch together and go out to Happy Hour on Fridays. It's a work hard, play hard environment, what I'm used to :) It's long hours but not boring, so it's all good!

ATS
First event, done! Everything's kinda crazy with so many events over IAP and Chinese New Year (and therefore Lunar New Year Festival) so early, but I'm really really excited! We have a meeting later today, so I'm kinda ATS-ed out after making the slides (I think my life revolves around PowerPoint currently). More details later, I imagine.

General
This week (and I'm guessing the rest of the month) is really different from my life up till now. It's like getting a feel of what working life is like (though it's kinda like working two jobs right now)--dressing up every morning, coming back late, really only having one thing (two things...) to focus day-in and day-out. I think I've finally built up a wardrobe of clothes that exist in the happy median between comfort and acceptable for the workplace (good thing it's business-casual) [random note: i always call it biz-cas in my head, which always makes me chuckle a little on the inside]

Summary
frozen and hungry, but happy :]