I recently began a new job in a different city. Before I started, I took one month off between jobs, to have time to move and get settled into my new home. It was almost like summer vacation, in October. The Sunday night before my first day, I had difficulty sleeping and I even coordinated my clothes and shoes for the next day. Of course, I wore a new outfit with matching boots. I also wore my lucky earrings, lucky necklace, and lucky eye makeup. I arrived promptly before 7:00 am, and of course, I had to wait by the door for twenty minutes until an employee arrived to let me in. My office currently is occupied by the previous resident, so I am sitting at a cubicle, in a painfully quiet portion of the area.
Although I am an adult with some work experience, I still felt as though I entered my first day of high school, where everyone seemed to know each other and I was the new kid, yearning for friends. Later in the morning, I did encounter a friend of mine who also relocated and was on her first day. It was like seeing that one friend from my old school who was also starting my new school. Fortunately, I had someone with whom I could eat lunch, and I wasn't struggling to find a table of seemingly friendly new acquaintances. All in all, I had a pleasant first day and did get to make some new friends. There is some validation that I am not a complete loser.
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