Day 7

7 should be a lucky number.  But not today.  Today, I hit Day 7 of my new job.

After almost a year off doing fabulous things like writing, cooking, crafting, reading, making cheese and making new friends, I went back to work.  I love my car too much to let it go, so the Financial Gods told me to get a job.  Go ahead!  Lose 40 to 50 hours of personal time a week, plus at least 10 hours of commute time.  Not to mention a few hours of sleep.

Today is Day 7.  Not lucky perhaps, but interesting…

The top 7 interesting revelations of my new world:

1. Downtown Dallas is a cool place, complete with a subterranean alter ego worth exploring.
2. $3.84 is not too much to pay for a comforting drink at Starbucks, especially when you’ve gone back to work after almost a year.
3. Anyone can learn how to ride the DART light rail, but not everyone is meant to do so.  I have learned I’m not a mass transit sort of person, especially in the Texas heat.
4. Downtown Dallas is confusing, especially if you work right in the area where the East-West streets collide with the Northeast-Southwest and vice-versa streets.  The confusion is heightened if your building is symmetrical, and all sides look the same.
5. It is worth paying a few dollars extra to park in a covered lot connected to your skyscraper via the underground tunnels.
6. There is no substitute for comfortable shoes.
7. Meeting new people is fun, but missing the ones you’ve met in the past year sucks.

I miss my writing buddies, time with my friend Deb, walking with my dog, my cooking shows, and making good food every day.  And I haven’t blogged since I started this new trek, but I am vowing to blog now.  This new life is too interesting not to pass on.

As my writing buddy Michele says, “Carpe diem.”  And I’m gonna.  No matter how tired I am.