Transitions

Went to work today and my bosses surprised me with a graduation gift. They wrote me really cute card and gave me a gift card. Then they showered me with compliments, which I felt compelled to reciprocate somehow lol. For some reason I'd feel guilty if I didn't say something back.

my bosses are awesome!

Speaking of compliments, I was just talking to Tommy yesterday about how I used to be (and sometimes nowadays) terrible with accepting compliments. Most people would just say, "thank you" to a compliment. But not for me. I start getting nervous, bashful, and quickly rack my brain for something to compliment them back with--which totally comes off as awkward. It's like I couldn't just take compliments for free, I wanted to do something back. For example, once this stranger complimented on my hair and instead of JUST saying thanks, I said, "thanks...your...glasses...are nice.." and we both knew that was a lie. She gave me a weird look and then went on to do her own stuff. Then I mentally slapped myself for being an awkward turtle. Nowadays, I'm a lot less awkward but I'm always acutely aware of my controlled thank-you's. I need help lol.

Anyways, so today I did a lot of transitioning into my future full-time position in the office. I actually held that position for a week temporarily in between the time period when the last person retired and Katie was hired. I remembered how to do a bunch of tasks so I hopped on that. It was nice sitting at a big desk with my big chair har har. The chair feels kind of uncomfortably large though--I had to keep pushing myself back. 

Afterwards I went to the place where I'll be renting from when I start my full-time job. I changed the room that I originally signed in for. I won't be staying in the guestroom to wait for my bedroom to clear out. Instead, I'll be taking a different bedroom that'll be clear once I'm going to move in. That saves me the hassle of having to move my stuff around so much. One highlight is that some dude my age will be moving in as well--so it's not all going to be old people! So far it'll be me, this older woman professor, this man professor, and that dude my age. I met the man professor today--he was really nice! He offered to help me move in my stuff and told me that he'd be shopping for groceries every week so I can join him.  

Then I went to Starbucks where I joined people still studying for their finals (Thanh, WaiLing, Trissha). I left the table to go to the next corner table and webcammed with Viv for a while. Ling then stopped by for a study break and we chatted/surfed the net for a good amount of time. Then we both left and I went home. Now it's 3AM and like the other day, I don't know how time flew :(