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My first day as Purdue Staff!!

Well today was my first official day as part of the Purdue University staff! It was pretty darned exciting! I went to bed last night wishing it was allready Monday morning so I could start allready! Its been a very long time since that has happened!

I woke up this morning, excited, and strangely not very nervous. Sure I was alittle nervous about learning everything and doing my best, but there was this huge sense of peace I felt, because I knew without a doubt that this was where God wants me right now and he is going to use me in some way that I don't know. I can't explain the feeling that went with that realization but it was pretty incredible. To know that God is going to use you somehow is really neat.

So I went to work and hoofed it from the visitor parking garage that was about 1567.967 million miles away. Suffice it to say by the time I got to my building I was breathing a tad heavy. To add insult to injury, I had barely beat the opening person there. The door was unlocked but all of the lights were off and she had literally just walked in! I have an earliness issue. I can't help it!

My day went fast and fun. They had a welcoming party for me in the morning with my favorite, bagels! YAYS!! Everyone was so incredibally nice to me, and welcoming, that I was kind of stupified. To say thats not the way it was at my old job would be putting it nicely! So that was pretty neat. Everyone I met in the whole building was just really nice, some were a HOOT!! I think I have some favorites in the other offices allready. :)

I got to leave at 4, (i get off at 5) and go get a parking permit, so I can park closer. So I hoofed it back to my truck, drove to the parking center, and went inside. HUGE HUGE LINE. By this time they only have 20 mins left of being open and I almost panic, because I know there was no way I would get mine at the rate we were going, and the thought of having to pay 10 bucks to park for another dayin visitor parking was not thrilling me. Suddenly, I hear a voice next to me and another staff member had noticed my Name Tag and was letting me know I could go in the STAFF parking line. Which, incedentally was OPEN! No people in line!! I skipped over, got my parking pass and turned around to leave. It was only then I noticed all of the students glares at me. I wanted to wave my nice, shiny, can park anywhere I please "A" permit at them as I left but I contained myself. Barely. Being Staff at Purdue definately has some perks.

And lest you start to feel bad for all of those students stuck in a never ending line for their pitiful "C" permits. I had to shell out 250 smackeroos for my parking permit.Thankfully they payroll deduct it or I would be walking from my apt. Yikes.


So my first day was awesome, albeit tiring. Oh and I think I met my future husband. Not sure, but just sayin!! ;)

JESUS IS COOL!!

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~~~Alana~~~ said…
Congrats!!!
Hows the new job now?? Updates?? :)
hope things are going good!
Alana
August 25, 2008 at 11:52 PM
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