Today marked my second day of going back to the land of full time employment. I only say that because I was luckily enough to have picked up some amazing contract work with some great people during the three months I was officially unemployed.
My new morning routine consists of me taking the 10 Golden Gate transit bus to Sausalito. This makes me feel completely awkward. For one, I am used to the 38 Geary which is like the step child of all the bus routes in San Francisco. Really, ask anyone and they will tell you that they don’t like to ride that bus even during the day. I don’t mind. My 38 Geary is special. It runs all night and I can always get home. What more can a girl ask for? Beside, I’m not one to judge bus routes. I have no car.
The 10 Golden Gate transit bus is truly special though. Those North Bay commuters really have it lucky from the fancy air conditioned buses that are not only clean but smell good to the comfortable and plush seats, it was a most excellent ride. My ride was only highlighted by my own back-to-school moment. You see I was at the wrong bus stop this morning and like my own Ferris Bueller-esq day, the driver actually stopped and picked me up. I didn’t even need to pull out my sweaty palm trick. Woot!
As for day two, I can’t speak for all formerly unemployed people but I can tell you from my experience this new work day feels like a dream. Each morning I wake up and get excited to go to work. However in the back of my mind I worry that it’s not real and I’ll wake up back in the land of unemployment and EDD. It’s not like the fear I’ve had previously, the dark and ominous impending doom, but more the is-this all-just-a-dream kind of a fear.
I don’t take anything for granted anymore. Not like I tried to before but now I know that hard work doesn’t always get you the job and no matter how much you love it, you always have to work harder.
No worry, kiddos. I’m not letting my is-it-a-dream thoughts multiple inside my head like Tribbles. I’m addressing my fears and forcing them to go away. Besides it’s much easier to kill a Tribble these days, just download a new screensaver.
