Beginnings

"And I ended up getting a job here..."

What simple words to embody the dark angst that was the whole audition season, interview season, second look weekends, the trepidation of match day... Months living out of suitcases, weekends spent in airports, mornings sitting carefully ironed and be-pearled, emitting first impressions and asking carefully rehearsed questions.  Belated thank-you cards and fateful emails... then a flurry of graduation, a summer of roadtrips, and here we are at the real thing.

Passport found.  Immunizations recorded.  Epocrates downloaded.  Benefits package skimmed over, and a ream of HR paperwork already submitted.  Dress clothes picked out--in my mind--and here I go to set the alarm clock.  Surely a morning of computer training and house staff photographs can't go too wrongly, but it is all a matter of stepping stones.  Rule #1, show up.  Preferably at the right building at the right time... without cat hair trailing down a pant leg... At least there are still a few days before everything is really on the line.

"In all your ways, acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths."

Baby steps.