I really don't have much to do so far. I've been bored to death most of the week but I guess that will all change once I have more training and can do more. I have three bosses; all seem very nice. One has tried to show me a few things while the other two haven’t talked to me much at all. I have my own cube and voicemail; the place I was at before only had generic stuff, nothing really designated as my own. Every one has been very friendly. The attorneys ignore me which I expected. I don't mind so much either.
In the midst of my boredom, I read the notes from the previous secretary. I'm not sure what they all mean. They'll come in handy
once I have actual work to do. The most I've done this week was send a fax and update some spreadsheet stuff. I had so much time
on my hands Friday, I was able to read an entire magazine cover to cover.

With everything good come drawbacks: I have to pay almost three times as much for my medical insurance and now have to pay for my own dental and vision insurance, which I didn't have to pay for at all at the other job. My salary is 3k more than it was; all of the increase goes to the insurance which sucks. I’m relieved the kids are able to keep their pediatrician but I have to look for new doctors because neither is covered under the new insurance. I hate starting over. I've grown so accustomed to the ones I have; they already know what my issues are and we’ve started working on them. I'll hate having to go to someone else and explain everything all over again.

I don't like my commute. Even though it is 20 minutes shorter, I pass through two of the busiest stations in the Metro system: L'Enfant Plaza and Gallery-Place/Chinatown. I'm on edge before I even get to my desk. I also don't care for sitting next to other people. I've grown accustomed to sitting alone and I like it. My cube mates are really helpful and answer all my questions. Some things I'm excited about: UPS, postal mail, supplies, word processing. They have separate departments for all that stuff. If I
had to fax something but don't have time to do it myself, there’s even a department for that! Now that’s some good stuff.

I love the area I work in. Chinatown used to be really dumpy, but with the MCI Center here it’s become really developed and almost
beautiful. I say almost because there are no trees and flowers, thing I really like having around. What I don't like is the rude people! Downtown DC has some of the rudest people you can have the displeasure of running into on your lunch break. I didn't have these
issues when I was in Arlington.

All in all, things are going okay and I'm still adjusting. We're not allowed to go online unless it's before/after work or at lunch. That
sucks so bad. That's going to be the hardest thing to adjust to.