Hi everyone. I'm sorry that I haven't updated y'all about my east coast adventures, but I haven't been in a writing mood lately. I'm kinda forcing myself on this one, but I want to let the 3 people who read this know what is going on.
I spent my first three weeks sleeping on a couch in Maegan's house in Cambridge. It was a little awkward living out of my suitcase, but everything else was fantastic. Maegan and her roomie Katie were so great. I felt right at home and dubbed myself the faux roommate. Their hospitality was phenomenal and as soon as I'm a little more flush, I intend on giving them a huge thank you of some type.
I was sad to leave them, but on Nov. 1 I moved into my new place half a mile away from Maegan in Somerville. I am renting a room from Brianne and Yami and their two cats, Gilbert and Bianco, in a third-floor apartment. The apartment is very cosy, as in small, but it really does have character. My room is furnished with a bed, a wardrobe and a t.v., which I probably wouldn't have anywhere else. It is a 10 minute walk to my subway stop and Davis Square, which is kind of like a cafe and restaurant-heavy Hawthorne Dist. in Portland. We are just doing a month-to-month thing, so if I come to dislike the place, I'll just find a new apartment. It's a good situation.
Oh, now for the reason I came to Boston...my new job!
I started at Jumpstart on Oct. 20. The week was nothing but orientation meetings where someone from each department would talk with me and tell me about what they do to help keep Jumpstart running. I've never worked with such friendly and cool people. And it just so happened that at the end of my first week the whole office had an outting to the Harpoon Brewery for beer tasting. Just for kicks and a morale booster. What a change from the last two years when you could hardly even mention the word 'alcohol' around the supervisors. I've had drinks with my department twice after work already.
Right now I am still settling in to my position. There is a lot I am confused about and I have moments of "oh crap, I can't do what they expect of me" at least once a day. Everybody is very supportive though and I feel like I can ask questions of anyone when I need to. Right now my first task is organizing the weekly newsletter that goes out to all the national staff and executive directors from the 5 regions across the country. It's not difficult, but I want to do a not-horrible job. I am also taking over some duties that were previously in another department, so I'm learning all of that stuff. I know it will take time to get comfortable here, as it would in any job, but it will happen.
My main concern right now is money, as in I don't have any. I've never been this poor in my adult life. It scares me that I am alone out here without the safety net of my family or student loans or n c c c supporting me. I am not even sure when I will get paid my pittiful stipend. I almost got sick last Friday night when I bought my plane ticket home for Christmas because it was $600 that I had to put on my credit card. I knew I had to but it, though, because it made me feel even more sick to think that I wouldn't be home with The Momma and Grammy for the holidays.
That is enough sadness for one post, I think! I'm going to figure out what to eat now and then watch some of the election results, get bored with election results and find something else to watch. Hopefully the next time I write will be when Obama is president-elect! Barock the Vote!
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