Real world, day 2: traffic sucks, but my job is great!

What do we have here—3 straight days of updates to this blog? I don't think that's happened since the Macarena was en vogue. Okay, maybe it wasn't that long ago, but I think the point is made. Hopefully I will make this a habit.

So day 2 at my job was excellent, as day 1 was before it. It didn't start off the best—the Elgin O'Hare Expressway and I-290 were both congested as hell this morning and I ended up driving about 30 mph for a good stretch of them. There wasn't even an accident causing people to slow down and stare, so that's why I was so mad. Nevertheless, I actually did get to work on time—8:00 sharp. Surprisingly, however, the office was empty when I got there—none of the other newcomers had yet arrived. Even the secretary wasn't there. I waited 10 minutes and then people finally started showing up. I guess things were supposed to start up at 8:30, so I ended up being pretty early. That's definitely better than the opposite, though, so I'm not complaining.

I had more training today, first on a computer program I'll be using and then on a software development methodology. Not very exciting, I'll admit, but then again what is exciting about the field I'm in? The important thing is that I like the place I work, I'm confident I'll enjoy the actual work, and all of the employees I've met so far have been terrific. It would be hard to ask for a better situation to be in right out of college.

In other news, the Cubs won 14-0 tonight. Why do I have a feeling that they'll lose 1-0 tomorrow afternoon? No matter what happens, I won't catch the game since I'll be at work. Oh well, I suppose that's better than being able to watch the game because I'm unemployed, right?

Well it's 11:24 and I'm once again up past my bedtime. These nights of 5-6 hours of sleep are going to kick my ass sooner or later. Well whatever, my ass is tough—it'll survive!

Okay, after re-reading that last sentence, I REALLY need to go to bed, so I'm gone. Catch you again soon.

-Mark