The New Job

Lynn and I woke up to the alarm for the first time since moving into the apartment. I watched her dress for work. She put on my favorite camisole. She is sexy even while getting dressed. I cooked her a quick breakfast and got my things together for my first day at the new job. After cleaning up the kitchen, I headed out. She followed me to my truck like a puppy, and gave me a long kiss through the window before I left. She is so wonderful. We have dinner reservations tomorrow night at the Flea Street Café.

Life at a startup is pretty different from a large company. I got to work about 10, as agreed with Wayne, my new boss. There were only a couple of people there (well, there’s only a dozen in the whole company.) Most people arrived between 10 and noon.

Wayne showed me around. They have great coffee – an automatic grinder and coffee maker combination. Looks like caffeine is the stimulant of choice around here. They have a fully stocked kitchen, cold cuts and breads for sandwiches, frozen dinners, hot pockets - all manner of unhealthy over processed but convenient food. There is a shopping list and you can add anything that you want. Teri, the office manager makes twice weekly Costco and Safeway runs to stock up. I put club soda down on the list – I drink the stuff by the gallon. The nickel tour didn’t take all that long – the place has about 15 cubicles, one conference room and one office – for the CEO.

Wayne explained the working environment and the software that I would be working on. This took a couple of hours. Then I was taken to lunch with most of the company. After lunch I got started on my first assignment. It was pretty straightforward, Wayne though it should take about a month to complete.

I called Lynn in the afternoon. “Did you get a window office?”

“Yup”

“Over near Heidi and Tim?”

“Yeah. How about you?”

“An interior cubicle. But they have a full kitchen. They have a shopping list you can put anything on. I added brie cheese to it. We’ll see if they buy it, but they have a smoked Gouda that is pretty good, so maybe.”

“We’ve got a pretty good cafeteria, gym, game room. It’s a pretty nice campus. What’s your password?”

So highschool. “OK, so, um it’s your name. How about you?”

“I used your initials. Does this mean we are going steady? Are you coming over tonight?”

“I need to get some laundry done. We have reservations at Flea St. tomorrow. We’re still on for Friday night?”

“Yup. See you tomorrow. Bye.”

God, Maurizio is right. The beginning of a new relationship is so wonderful. The sizzle, or whatever he called it, is awesome.

People worked pretty late at the new company. I was in until about 9, and no one had left. I called Lynn, but there was no answer either at her apartment or her cell. I had a frozen dinner from the company kitchen, worked a while longer and then headed home. I haven’t slept a lot lately ;-) so I'm tired, but it's a good kind of tired. I think I’ll sleep well tonight.