Worcester or bust!

Moving sucks! There's no other way to say it... It just sucks.

Late Tuesday night, I arrived here in Worcester and spent the next day unpacking and doing my best to get settled as quickly as possible. The apartment itself is amazing. It's a 3 bedroom, with 2 porches, hardwood floors, a faux fireplace, and tons and tons of closets. It's overwhelmingly big for one person, so I'm definately going to have to get a pet or a butler or something so that it doesn't feel so lonely.

I already started my new job on Thursday, and we had a 2 day overnight retreat at an amazing bed and breakfast in Newport, RI. I'd never been to a bed and breakfast before, and I must say that as far as first days at a job go, this was a pretty luxurious and enjoyable one.

I really like my coworkers and supervisors, and I think that I will get along and become friends with them very easily. Clark, my new university, is very different from the department I'm coming from at UNLV, so it is going to take a lot of getting used to. It's not different in a bad way, just in a different way.

Things are moving super fast.

I was doing really well readjusting and getting over the jetlag and culture shock while I was spending the holidays at home with my family. And it was definately nice to be taken care of by somebody else for a change. But once Tuesday came, I was suddenly faced with moving to a new place, getting settled, and starting a stressful new job in a matter of days.

I'm handling it okay, and I'm sure that I'll be much better once I get trained at work and finish getting settled in my apartment. But in the mean time, it would definately be nice if things would slow down a little. (Seeing as how winter training starts Wednesday night and opening is next weekend, I don't think that's gonna happen anytime soon haha)

Definately aside from getting settled at home and at work, a high priority is making friends and developing a social/support network here. I really need that right now. (along with a serious shopping spree at IKEA to finish decorating)

Well, I'd better get back to setting up my apartment. Just wanted to give everyone an update.
Wish me luck with everything.