Mondays are glorious, and other facts you learn
Today is indeed glorious, because Mondays always seem to go smoothly. The morning is filled with how-are-yous, weekend story regurgitations, and the ever enthralling Rollup Call between the Charlotte and Raleigh office, and people who are located elsewhere. It actually is a nice change of pace, and good to hear what other people are doing during the upcoming week.
Workwise, I have been very busy this past week, and it has been very gratifying. I did two panicked projects the clients needed start to finish in two days. It was good to work under pressure, be completely focused, and to know that I was helping to solve a major problem for a company. By getting our work done fast, but still with the highest quality, we saved our clients a big headache and a lot of cash. One of the companies was unable to operate until we got the paperwork out - they were losing money ever hour they weren't running, so it was satisfying to help them conquer that problem. I also got my first deliverable completed and sent last Wednesday (I'll keep a copy for my mom to read through). Albeit a small endeavour, (a modeling protocol, which is very light both in terms of heft and information pooled) I was really happy to see one of my projects to fruition, and to know that it was being evaluated by both the client and state regulators. As "56ers", we are tasked with "adding value" to everything we do. I like the way the head of HR put it: We're billing machines. I'll take that with a smile on my face.
Lifewise, it's been exactly two months since my start date here at Trinity, (about 2.5 months in Charlotte) and things are going great. I visited a friend in Phoenix recently, and it was really great to travel on my own time (and money, Priceline is nice). Sam (one of my coworkers who also just started) had his birthday yesterday, so we had a nice grill outside, cake, friends, etc. I also went hiking on Thursday, and it was awesome. Great weather, good views, and in general nice to get out of Charlotte. I finally found some Ultimate Frisbee pickup games in the area, and met some people doing that too. Church is going well, and I'm getting to know some people through that, and I'm getting involved with the Youth Group and other activities, so things are looking up. I'm excited to be getting over this cold/whatever it is that I've had for the last week, and I'm looking forward to traveling again soon. Looks like I'll be going back to Vandy to visit my girlfriend over Labor Day weekend, then Trinity is sending me to a State Environmental Course in Charleston, then we have our office summer outing (rafting), then I'm recruiting at UVA, and more and more...
As always, I hope you're having a good day, and if not, well, go cry about it and eat ice cream. ~ttfn