It’s hard to imagine this time last week I was doing some last minute packing at home in Atlanta. The past week has been a whirlwind, but unlike the first time I moved up here in August, there was really no adjusting necessary. I arrived at LaGuardia airport Monday afternoon with two suitcases (packed to full capacity thanks to space saver bags!) and a carry on.
Tuesday was my first day of work and I spent the whole week in orientations and going through files on the computer trying to acclimate myself with the different Healthcare accounts I have been assigned. I’m not really sure what my day-to-day tasks will be for each of these accounts because last week was all orientation meetings. Starting this week I will begin receiving assignments; I’m pretty sure it’s just going to be a lot of research and account management tasks. Have to start somewhere!
I did manage to have fun last week though! Tuesday Aunt Joanne met me at Jeff’s in Hoboken for dinner. It was great to see her after such an overwhelming first day. Wednesday I met up with Peppercom friends for dinner/happy hour, and Thursday/Friday my “friend” Matt and I went out to dinner at some really cool places. Saturday we had brunch at Pastis and then explored the West Village. We tried to get tickets to see Will Ferrel’s play but it was sold out so we had dinner and then I went out with a bunch of my girlfriends for an old Peppercom intern’s birthday.
It was so great to see all of my friends this weekend because it was very hard for me to leave Atlanta again. I fell back into my comfort zone while home for 2 ½ months and the idea of leaving all of my friends/family again was very unsettling. However knowing that I had existing relationships up here made it much easier and after spending time with them all over the past week I’m confident in my decision.