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hard at work: part 2
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As you may recall, I’m in the process of getting situated at work. I figured you’d want to know about a flurry of activity in the last couple weeks, getting me ever-so-close to up and running. Here’s where we’re at:
* On the 69th business day (relative to the initial request for my stuff, months before my actual start date) I received my computer equipment! Well, there isn’t a monitor yet, but that’s been purchased and is rumored to already be on campus. The cables to connect the monitor were on a separate order, due to arrive several days later.
* Two days later brought me a network login. Woo-hoo! Just don’t ask how many calls I had to make to the help desk to figure out how to use it. Ahem. The way I see it, it’s good to become familiar with the help desk system.
* Two more days later I received an email address. Uh oh– I can no longer hide.
Next up: they are installing and configuring the computers so I can use them. (It was torture having them sitting in my cube, but not being able to power them up.)
People continue to be very welcoming, and the work thus far has been fun. Now I just need to figure out the commute …
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