Completed my first day at Palm. I woke up at 6:30 this morning to give myself ample time to prepare and also so I could get there early. Dressed up as conservatively as I could because I got nervous that if I dressed in jeans and nice button up, I might be too casual. Ya, I was in a suit.
I arrived at the Palm campus at 8:15 via my bicycle. When I went to lock it up, I realized I forgot the keys to my lock so I scrambled around trying to figure out where I could keep it for the day. The situation frazzled me. I ended up leaving it at security with a nice man named Jesse.
Waited in the lobby for orientation. Looked around at everyone. I overdressed like crazy because I'm an idiot. Katie from HR said dress was casual - jeans and a nice button up - and she meant it.
There were some contractors and two interns. One intern was a super enthusiastic MBA Cornell student. The other was a quieter recent Michigan State graduate. Got my badge, got paperwork to fill out. Got a little tour of the place. It's huge. When Dustin from HR dropped me off on the third floor, he said, "You know this is where marketing is because they've got a bar." Oh ho ho. How Madison Avenue.
Met everyone in my department, got situated in my cubicle, got my macbook. It's a pretty sweet set up. Talked with my boss David about projects I'll be working on for the summer. Everything looks promising. I can't wait until things get going. I hate when I feel like I'm not doing anything, but that's how thing go the first week or so until I get a hang of everything.
When I was getting ready to leave, I noticed all of my HR paperwork was missing. I thought someone was playing a practical joke on me. I got so worried because I just could not find it. I retraced my steps all throughout the place. Called Dustin and it turned out that he grabbed it from my desk when I had gone down to the shipping room. Scared me so bad. I wish he had left me a post-it, a note on my whiteboard, an email... something!
Now I'm home, it's 7:15 pm and I am exhausted. WHY?? I'm probably going to turn in soon. Here's looking to day two.
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