My First Day (Back) At Work

It was a strange day, to be sure. It started with a very vivid dream in which Vicki and I went to the house that we moved out of nearly 11 years ago and got inside somehow (I'm not saying that we broke in, but I also can't say that we didn't!) only to be confronted with our trespasses when friends and family of the current owners arrived suddenly as we were eating dinner in our old front room. Some sort of indication that I feel like an impostor as I go back to work?

As for the workday itself, it was certainly odd to be driving into the office with Vicki, but even moreso to be located in the same office as her (something we haven't had since sometime in the 90s). On the other hand, it was great to have her around as I adjusted to all of the newness of the place (where are the washrooms? what can I get to drink? where do I get a pen?). She and I headed out to Tim Horton's for a quick lunch so that I could be back by 12:30 to meet (for the second of four times) with my new boss.

I now have a slightly better idea of what I'll be doing over the next 6 weeks, but only slightly. Tomorrow I'll be in my first meeting with people other than my boss and that should be interesting on a number of fronts. I'm looking forward to seeing how some of the interpersonal dynamics work as well as learning more about what they're in the process of developing.

It's still hard to believe that I'll be doing this sort of thing five days a week for the next while!! Five days a week!