Assistant to the man…

So I’ve gotten a lot of emails inquiring about the nature of my new job: “What sort of employment was won with that tough face?”

And it’s hard to describe, really. It changes almost every day… but essentially, I’m a personal assistant to the President of a NY-based computer consulting company called, Charles River Consultants (http://www.crc.net/aboutus.htm).

As I mentioned, I had my vanity number project… one day I spent almost the whole day cleaning out the closet and organizing everything (I think that mom would have been very proud to have seen my handiwork)… and I’m going though a huuuge stack of folders and papers that I’ve been finding all over the office creating a filing system and then filling it with said folders/papers. It’s funny – there are all these hanging folders, and desks with drawers for hanging folders – but almost all the drawers around the office. Everything is just piled ON TOP of the desks =).

So temping has few benefits (other than an easy-out option), but I try to find my silver linings where I can - and with this job, the best perk to the job is that I get all of my meals paid for while I’m working. So for lunches I usually order sirloin sandwiches and for dinner, he likes to order sushi… so I usually get a spider roll, salmon avocado roll… and something else to keep things “exciting.”

We also don’t get lunch breaks, per se… which I see as a positive thing… because, while we kind of just eat on the run, or eat over office meetings… I like to find comfort in the idea that I’m being paid to eat. Which makes me really happy.

In other news, I just got a really exciting email from one of my old HS buddies who is trying to make it as a real estate agent out in Montana. He’s in the process of putting together a commercial to advertise his service, and asked me to write a song for it… I offered to just do it pro-bono, because I know what it’s like to be young and poor, but he still insisted on paying me, which I thought was nice. So he gave me a few songs he wants me to try to capture the mood of and re-create – I guess I’ll get to work here pretty soon.

But first… food… some friends from college are coming for a late brunch I think I’ll make some hashbrowns from real potatoes, cheese omelets, and friut… mmmmm… I’d better get to it!