workin girl

today was my second day at work. yes! i am like everyone else and their mom now, no longer a student. thankfully its something i know how to do (legal) and not something i dont know (buying cars or beds).

i am definitely not used to driving anywhere, let alone to work in the morning, and leaving 45 minutes for a 20 minute trip... mother fuckers. at the same time, i feel like i am slowly working up to having a bizzaro alternate life suburban style. let me tell you. at least when you wait for the subway, you know you can nap, listen to your ipod, read or zone out. in a car, you have to watch out for those people who never signal (um... i think miami rivals ny in that dept), along with multiple stop lights, bumper-to-bumper traffic across the causeway from miami beach to miami downtown, all the while with the little navigation system telling me i missed my turn... again! (it would be a lot more effective if it actually told me which way to "exit indian road" - left or right???).( but really, id be even more lost without it)... and, i must admit, i do enjoy listening to npr in the car, so, you know, makin the best of it.

work so far is great, the case i have was a little daunting at first (everytime anything i read has to do with a corporation, i literally see my mind turning off like OH i hate you guys.... and then i realize its now my job to focus on such things and make them more legal than socio-political...at least in this sense). coworkers are also great so far, another one starts next month; its kind of weird at any point though walking into a small office where everyone already knows each other. but, then again, everyone is making me as comfortable as possible. the coffee in the cafe downstairs is horrendous, and theres really nothing in walking distance (believe me, you dont want to walk more than 2 blocks when its 100% humidity and 90 degrees), so i am suffering from, i admit, coffee nostalgia of either a dunkin donut or even starbucks. preferably where they carry soy milk.

also another amazing thing i have recently engaged in is the gym downstairs in my apt building. yes, its small, but it was so convenient yesterday to come home to grab a quick snack and stay in the building for a run. again, like weird suburban pseudo life.

thats all going on with me and my amstel light. i have to get my tv hooked up because i miss my gossip girls (well both the real ones and the show), and i must must must see the obama/mccain debate friday night. AND - hilarious - i cant go do to my job but cynthia nixon is hosting an obama fundraiser saturday night in... south beach! how crazy is that. if only i could actually express a political view..., not to pressure you patty but you should certainly watch the debate if you can, it should be very cool or at least interesting.

all this financial mess that is happening right now makes me think the whole "free market economy" is even more b.s. than i used to. yes, free market, make your profits, until you need help--- and then ask us to subsidize your enormous profits & risk taking, without seeing any benefit. i wonder what the climate right now is like in ny with the financial markets, like how all those mba students are feeling right about now... well, hopefully it will clear up sooner or later and actually be regulated so that no more serious messes happen for a while (subprime... bad credit default swaps.. and various swap insurances. who even knew i knew that right?? i thank npr!).

OK! enough typing. im going to take a little stroll.

xo