OK. So I'm slack. To all those who have kindly mentioned the delay since my last blog entry, here it is, SO BACK OFF!!! Sorry, a bit of NYC attitude brewing there.
Things are going great at the moment. We're now in the process of moving into the apartment, getting our removalist delivery, the furniture delivered, and set up. Well, I've actually outsourced all of this to my darling wife, Alicia. I'm sure Kyan's doing most of the work for her though. We should be mostly settled by the weekend. Our new TV arrives on Friday (tomorrow) and the cable's connected on Saturday, just in time for the playoffs. That's baseball playoffs (I had to ask too), and I'm not sure who's playing off or what they are playing for, but I'm sure it's going to be great.
As for work, I'm there now, and it's going really well. I've met a few people in the group that I'll be working closest with and they're very friendly people with common interests and skills. I'm looking forward to working with them. My new partner is a fantastic guy, obviously very smart and focussed. I was amazed when I found out that PI has over 500 people in NYC. That's a pretty big group. There are a lot of amazing things about being here, but at the end of the day, it's still the same company and most of the processes and methods are the same so it shouldn't take too long to get up to speed.
I went down to Washington DC for my first day. The work itself was not too exciting, but seeing Marcel and Belinda was great. I hadn't seem them for over a year. We went out for a few quiet beverages and swapped stories, and I'm looking forward to their coming up to New York sometime soon.
The new office is in a great location. It's about five blocks from Times Square (but that's only for tourists), five blocks (the other way) from the United Nations, and close to the New York Public Library which has a lovely park next to it, which will have an ice skating rink in about six weeks. There are heaps of things to see, so when I'm not travelling outside NYC, I'll have plenty to do in my lunch breaks.
The weather's cooled quite a bit over the past day or two. It was 14 degrees outside at lunchtime today. People here really don't believe that that's what winter in Brisbane's like. It's the first fortnight of Fall (Autumn) here, so we're in for a pretty solid winter I assume. None of the locals seem bothered. It's great to wander around at the moment; it's like being in a giant air-conditioned room.
That's all for now. No particularly exciting things to report. I guess everything's interesting and new, but getting back to work's pretty big on my agenda right now. Thankfully, dealing with professionals is going much better than dealing with non-caring shop assistants day after day. Have fun. We are!
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4 comments:
So very glad that you have settled in so easily. Take care.
Thanks for gracing us with your presence again. I am soooo envious of the cold weather coming - what we get in Brisbane is such a poor attempt at Winter!
I'm sure Kyan IS being VERY helpful to Alicia while she is organising your home.
Nice to see you are picking up some local attitude - damn all those tourists!! (Just don't forget all the Australianisms you have to coin to get to your quota!!)
Enjoy the playoffs!!
xx S.
glad that you have all settled in. Sounds like you are all having a great time.
Smithers: Uh, sir, we found the problem. Some idiot threw this in the reactor core.
Homer: [sees charred doughnut] Success!
Mr Burns: You did this? How could you be so irresponsible?
Homer: Eh... it's my first day!
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