At my new job

It's been an amazingly busy first few days at my new job. I've been saying a lot of stuff like, look!! my first email at my new job, look!! my first fax at my new job, wow!! I had my first meeting in the office (at my new job), wow!! I had my first meeting outside of the office (at my new job), gee!! my first voicemail (at my new job). There are so many milestones to note. I made an excel spread sheet, wrote a letter, made small talk with my colleagues on a cab ride to a work related social affair... Did I mention, I spilled coffee on my skirt and then dabbed water on the stain in the ladies room so it wouldn't set (at my new job)? Before you know it I'll be jamming the copier --- so much to look forward to.

It's like a virgin pure white page. Every experience is so special, kind of like when you meet a boy, and all the ordinary things you do seem to have a dewy film of honeysugarrosesperfumeandbubblegum about it. Ahhhh, the first kiss, first walk in the rain, first movie, first weekend you draw the blinds and stay in bed for both days only getting up to order take out chinese which you even eat in bed, and the whole thing seems unbelievably romantic rather than slovenly, which it really kind of is.
*Sigh* Then there's the first time you're photographed together, spend a holiday together, meet each others friends, families... What about the first time he introduces you as his girlfriend? Each and every one is a relationship landmark moment.

Sadly, the magic of the first time fades away and soon you find your perfect boyfriend and job are not so perfect at all. The promise they once held is unrecognizable. For now, I will take each delightful first and marvel in it's newness and novelty and hope that it lasts at least 10 weeks or more.