Still on Eastern Time I woke up wide-eyed and bushy tailed at 6 am. Knowing that my office contacts come into the office around 9, I had a few hours to burn before heading into the office.
Brewing myself some vanilla bean coffee, I saw Taco's excitement as I asked him if he wanted to take a walk. Leaving the guest house I have rented from a friend of a friend, I instantly began to smile as I remembered hearing the weather man last night. "An unseasonably cold start to the week". If this is unseasonably cold for December, I am in heaven I thought, as I grinned from ear to ear.
Walking the tree lined street, along the perfectly manicured lawns it hit me; this is the nicest place I have lived since moving out of the house I grew up in! As I headed towards the Jeopardy Studios I notice how unbelievable different each of the homes in this neighborhood were from one another. While most of the houses are one story homes made of stucco they all have their own unique character. From the jungle to the beach walking down my street I felt like I had been through warp zones of tropical climates.
After our walk through the neighborhood, I finished getting ready and headed off to the downtown Los Angeles office. While the ride into the office was bumper to bumper it only took me 30 minutes to get to the office, the same amount of time it takes me to get to my office in Ohio. I finished up my mostly uneventful drive, thanks to my GPS, by finding a parking garage a few blocks from the office that only cost $5 a day.
Heading into the office I approached the security guards who are in charge of who goes into this 22-story building. I gave them my name and my contacts names and unfortunately none of them were in. After pleading my case and explaining I was here to start my first day the security guard finally gave in and showed me to the 7th floor.
Upon my arrival on the 7th floor decided to set myself up in an occupied office hoping the occupant did not show up before I was given an office to work in. Shortly after setting up in another employees office my bosses showed up and quickly whisked me off to my new working space, an office with a door.
Working in a cubical my entire career this is heaven. While I have been warned this is probably a temporary spot due to remodeling, I am keeping my fingers crossed that if I work hard and play nice I will be able to keep this office.
That afternoon, Roger, the man I refer to as the grease that keeps this office running, coordinated a lunch for myself and another girl who just started with the company. We were treated along with about 10 of our coworkers to a fantastic Italian lunch as we got to know our new coworkers.
As I finished out my workday in the office on a full tummy I relished in how much you can accomplish if you just put your mind to it. It seems like yesterday when I was leaving my first trip to LA and had decided that I wanted to work in the Los Angeles office, now in just 8 months, here I am, a Los Angeles employee.
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