My Heroes
Mac Hall is so great. The previous comic was great too. And the guy who draws it kind looks like Patrick. Same taste in hats and all...
The move has been good. I would say great, because I have the money (theoretically in my head...we'll see about real life) and space to get decent furniture, and I live really close to campus, and I just signed up for a rock gym membership. I would say great, but it's been honestly kind of lonely. I miss having friends to call for every last thing. Living in a single is lonely too...Getting a roommate might be the way to go, since I kind of need people around otw I get all depressed. But I'll be up in SF this weekend with J, and I'm definitely going to see Kristin Coan from HS this saturday, and hopefully see Aditi/Sherv/Hippo at some point. So the outlook is positive, though I have trouble going day to day during the week without much people interaction. It's a rough life after school. Even for those of us lucky enough to be in relationships. Sometimes I don't know how everyone seems to manage.
Thanks to KJ though for cheering me up : )
And wish me luck keeping myself from getting fired during the 9 month probationary period. I still am terrified that they're going to figure out that I'm a fraud and send me home with my tail tucked between my legs. My legacy of love from MIT: the largest nincompoop complex in the world.
Hey Wahby...you should tell Woz that there's a street named after her in San Jose. Everytime I drive by it I think "hey! it's Woz!"
he's right
Datrick is right, in that your loneliness will pass with some time. Moving is a big deal, especially when you are living on your own. Once you start to know people at work (or at the gym), life will get back to normal again.
Although, from what I have heard about intel, you may never have need of friends to prevent you from being lonely because you will be working all the time. :)
Glad to hear things are mostly going smoothly for you so far.
Sounds like things are going
Sounds like things are going well for you. The lonely part I'm sure will not be a long-term thing... especially for someone like you. The rock climbing membership will probably help... and who knows if there are people at Intel that you will become friends with. I would say, you are going to be absolutely fine in that regard... just takes a little while.
As for getting fired... unless you are completely incomptentent (which you aren't) or you do something really bad (which you won't)... there's no way you won't make it through the 9 month probation. So don't worry about that. Just keep doing your job... and expect to make mistakes or find yourself at times not knowing what to do.