So I finally joined the workforce today and officially began my summer. I went back to the same office, back to the same desk I had been at for the past two summers, back to the same stuff I had been doing for the past two summers...certification tracking. Just like old times, but with a twist...all new staff. Hooray for new hires! It's interesting meeting new people when you've been at an office about as long as they have, just over an extended period of time. They think the office belongs to them, but you have more stories and more history. And to add to that, the ladies that work in the office are just grown high schoolers (that's for you boss lady). Two of them are Chatty Kathys. I never experienced the typical office gossipers, but these two are definitely giving me a great introduction to what the real world holds. But back to the high schooler comparisons. These two spend more time talking about the creepy guys they have following them, or that they met on their weekly Thursday night adventures (by the way, both of these women are in their late 30s), or squealing about a weird text or Facebook message, than what is socially acceptable. I figured once you left twelfth grade that things would get better...I have been delightfully been proven wrong. Like my dad always says, "people never leave high school, they just get a little bigger and drive nicer cars."
It's always weird coming back to a summer job, especially since they've been temporary assignments every time, usually no more than a month. But there's nothing like traveling out to West Sacramento to spend your day checking up with obscure projects all over the West. Relearning the ropes didn't take that long, but getting back into the flow of having to work for more than an hour was the big struggle.
Day One. Only about fifteen or twenty more...
BEAT IT!
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