The good and bad about my new job

The bad:

• I'm back to a long commute through DC.
• Parking in a garage in DC is an arm and a leg. Daylight robbery I tell ya.
• The building is absolutely freezing, while outside it's 100 degrees.
• The building's cafteria has a contract with Pepsi (I HATE Pepsi products and I miss my Fanta!)
• The person whose place I'm filling in is not very helpful in handing over the correct information.
• I work in a cubicle again. I miss my office.
• I don't know anyone in the cubicle farm where I work and no one is going to introduce me either.
• I have to walk to the printer. I miss my own private printer next to the PC.
• I hate doing Design Reviews!

The good:

• The bathrooms are close and rather clean.
• There's a refrigerator within a few feet.
• I have enough space to spread out the drawings.
• All meetings take place in the same building.
• The cafeteria is located in the same building. No more leaving the building just to get breakfast or lunch.
• I already know a dozen people in this building from my previous employer.
• I am surrounded by men. They're so much quieter than women in the workplace. They come to work, they work, and go home. Women - talk, gossip, laugh out loud, ask me personal questions, drive me crazy.
• I don't owe any answers to any manager. I AM the manager.
• I got my first paycheck on Friday, after working only 31 hours.

Note to self (or lessons learned from past week):

• Next time you start a new job, schedule it two weeks after surgery and not five days after.
• Never ever trust a surgeon who says, "Oh yeah, you can just go to any hospital to get that removed." It'd save you the four hours in the ER in future.