9.27.2008

crazy, crazy, crazy week: my first days as a hideous editorial intern

I can't believe it's Saturday again, and my week has been a flurry of school, work, and crammed socializing. It's been kind of a weird week, but a good one. I think I'm going to try a series of posts this weekend to sufficiently document my week, because it's been good. Just insanely crazy.

I started my new job!!!!!! First things, though, I had my last day at the physics department, which was, despite the craziness that job often entailed, sad for me. I love working at the physics department, and I love most of the people I work with. It was a bittersweet day. They had cake for me, I got a bonus, things ended well; but, it was sad to punch out of the physics department for the last time. I'm super super super excited for this hideous editing job, but leaving such a great job is hard.

I'll especially miss working with Emily. :( This is a SP of us on my last day. I meant to get a picture of Brooke and me, but I forgot. I am experiencing Brooke withdrawals--I'm so used to seeing her everyday.

Despite my glumness at leaving the physics department, I think I'm really going to like my new job!


I started on Thursday, and fortunately, I don't think my impression was an accurate one of how things will really be. My boss was gone (which I knew he would be), and so he just left some source checking for me to do--for four hours. I trekked to the library and spent hours in the dark recesses of the library, among the dusty tomes.

I didn't have any interaction with anyone, really, and so I was hoping that things won't normally be like that. Yesterday, my boss was here, and so I got a much better feel for what I'd be doing. I'll be getting a better initial training with all my responsibilities next week, but from what I gather, I proofread, source check, baseline edit (still not sure what that is), format, and do whatever hideous editing needs doing.

All that said, I hate first days at jobs: you don't know anybody, you don't where you're going, you don't know what you're doing. I'm looking forward to the time when this job won't be so new anymore.

5 comments:

Denise said...

Hooray! You are officially past your First Day--they are always the worst. You'll find your groove soon, you hideous copy editor, you.

Love the photos of you in your cute orange sweater, and of you and Emily. She's trying to convince me to get a Facebook account so I can have access to all of your photos. I'm thinking I will, though I've always felt a tad too old. . . .

Love you!

brooketolman said...

I"m having Charlotte withdrawals...come back to me! This just means we have to hang out and that i get to come bother you at your apartment more often.

Diana said...

you do look really pretty in that sweater it's such an autumn looking sweater.

Jill said...

I don't like starting new jobs either, but I'm sure good things are ahead.

michelle said...

That is sad to be leaving working with Emily behind -- what a cute picture of the two of you! I'll be curious to see what hideous copy editing tales you have to tell...

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