Despite having woken up this morning with a migraine, feeling like death, and having oddly seemingly doubled in size overnight... today was a spectacular day! (It was such a Monday on the metro, that a toddler wouldn't stop fussing and his family said even he was having a hard day!) A few lovely and spectacular things happened along the way. The first, though in no particular order, is that I have managed to find a place to live once I move out of the Avodah house! I move out and move in on August 9th which means I will not need transitional or halfway housing. Hurray!
Job: Check. Place to live: Check. Now I just need bedroom furniture, since I've decided to askew the hassle of bringing up my bed from North Carolina. Though I do miss it so! This was actually one of the things that made me happy today. I remembered how readily yesterday Mike N. offered to help me move, and I think it's simply marvelous to have lovely lovely friends who offer such generous things. Susanna has also been incredible through this entire house hunt process. I am quite fortunate!
But I digress. The other things happened mostly surrounding work. One was that my direct supervisor at my new job expressly said, "Oh no. I don't expect you to know what you're doing the first few weeks on the job." I can't tell you how much of a relief it was to hear those words! The second was when she insisted I stay and eat ice cream cake rather than hurrying back to make more phone calls. Her reiterating that well being comes before work makes my entire body relax with relief. It's been a very crazy few weeks in the world of working two jobs. The client services department has sent out a few emails about client feedback which is also totally rewarding and inspiring. I feel more and more like I can do this job. Something else random happened today at F & F that amused me, but now I can't think of what it was. Hm. Friday the kitchen smelled of fresh delicious basil. That was something.
At MTA things also seemed to fall into place. I wrote my farewell email to the staff which was agonizingly difficult. I was teary eyed more than once, but I got through it. I miss Anne W., Alecia, Gorkie, Jason, and Allison. Maybe it's just my time at last. Tonight as I walked through the office, the peers were doing a training, and one of them was shouting, "No! Herpes is a virus!" I'm going to miss that!
Ok, I've teased you long enough. You might be wondering just where am I going to live?! It's a two bedroom in Columbia Heights. Close to the metro but also near 16th Street. I'm basically living behind the Mexican embassy. It has hardwood floors, and my room has two big windows and a large closet. A major plus in DC.
My roommate is a 27 year old male. We'll see how that goes, but he seems very nice and down to earth. He did Peace Corps in Peru and has a 2 year old rescued cat named Mishi. I'm not one for cats usually, but she's very sweet. I'm going to call her Mishmish which is one of my favorite Hebrew words.
Stay tuned for pictures and updates! August 9th will be the big move. This weekend is our final retreat. Working, cleaning, packing... can't wait to be settled again!
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