March 09, 2004
My second day of work, and I was asked to take myself to a full day meeting on the otherside of the UK in a town near Ipswich. So I rented a car, bought myself a coffee, and hauled myself over there.
Now, England may look like a tiny country on the map. You may have the same perception as I do, that it will take you 5 hours to traverse the entire length, and then you can buy a Diet Coke and a packet of Starburst and turn back around again.
Well, I am here to tell you that the tiny country has a whole lot of people on the roads. And each one of those people on the roads wants to get in front of the rented Fiat that I hurtle around the M25 at great speeds (speed cameras be damned!) It took me nearly 4 hours to get from where I am staying to this little town, but it was worth it.
I not only got a gorgeous new Motorola mobile phone...but Company X representatives showed up to pitch products to Dream Job.
It was like my ship had come in.
Finally I could torture them and make them pay for my hatred of Company X.
But you know what...I couldn't do it. It wasn't right. These were nice guys, located here in England, they had nothing to do with me being laid off, and in fact had neither of them had even met me before. So I decided the best thing in the world would be to work together.
We did.
I feel better for it.
Now, if any of the Company X representatives from Sweden come over to present, it will be ugly. But I clearly need to do some regional hatchet burying.
I can only get over my hatred so quickly, you see.
The meeting went well, and I really feel charged about my job. I am thoroughly excited about it-not only is it work I can do, but work I want to do. I should have a laptop and internet connection next week, but this week expect blogging at weird times, and I can't get to other pages just now (sorry! My God, it is so frustrating!)
Mr. Y gave me half of my birthday present already-he bought me an iPod. The other half I get in a few weeks, but I already know what it is-he's taking me to Jamaica for a week. I can't think of anything nicer-warmth, sun, sea, and him.
We both woke around 3:30 am this morning, and spent two hours just touching each others' skin with our fingernails, moving against each other, not talking but not needing to.
This weekend will be one wild challenge-I get to meet his family and friends, of whom I have already been judged. More on that later, but for now, I am curling up with lasagne, Mr. Y, and the need to just relax.
-H.
PS-email to me at: everydaystranger{at}hotmail{dot}com
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