Oh, yes. So much the better place...

The first day at OmniPharma has left me bleary eyed and exhausted. But that's what it's like when you have a real job that you can really do.

The Commute
Seriously? It wasn't that bad. I missed an exit and had to do a Jersey U-ey, which means driving eight miles out of your way. I left the house at 6 and was there by 7:15. If I hadn't missed the exit, it would have been an hour. I liked that I got there just as the sun was coming up. OP is on top of a mountain, so I watched the sun rise over another mountain range.

The drive home was that much easier. I was on a road I felt a little more comfortable with, so began listening to a book on cd of The Count of Monte Cristo. The drive home felt all downhill and none of the trucks tried to kill me, so I think that was a good day.

The People
I met two people, two Indian guys who contract for the same company I do. We had a moment when one of them (I swear, his name is SheerKhan, like the jaguar in The Jungle Book and the other one's name is Chopra. I swear.) said, "We'll give you plenty of reading material to take home tonight."

"I'm not authorized for overtime yet," I said and they looked at each other. "Do you guys work unauthorized overtime?" Another look that meant they do. I sighed. We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

Maeve, my boss, has agreed for me to come in at 7 am and leave around 3:30 pm. I love her.

Why It's Better
- Even the Ukrainian security guard can spell my name properly.
- Although I have a little windowless cubby hole to sit in, it's still better.
- It's better because this is what I do. In four hours, I'd come up with a use case-to-requirements tracking scheme, edited the living daylights out of two big business requirements, reported my findings to Maeve and met with her approval.

Not once was I made to feel incompetent, bungling, at a loss. Not once. It was like putting on my favorite pjs and slippers.

I know there will be days when the rain is hellacious or it'll snow. I know there will be moments when Maeve will make me crazy. From the beginning at TRU, I felt like a total loser and that's no way to live and it's certainly no way to be happy.

There's no such thing as perfection but this will do for now.