The Second First

So it went well...I know you were all wondering.

I met the people I will be working with for the next two years, and they all seem quite nice. My colleague MAS is great and I have a feeling I will be learning so much from him. I panicked a few times today reading through the handover notes, and other such papers. Can I really do this? It seems like such a huge responsibility and I am not sure I can do it...but there is only one way to know which is to actually do it.



I spent most of the first day at work signing papers, I have mastered my signature and I have memorised my passport number! I was always told that the UN has a lot of paperwork but seriously I didn't realise it would be so much. Signing ID requests, and writing the name of the person who will get my benefits if I was to die (knock on wood)...I got my fingerprint taken by a machine so I can check in and out of the office. So to summarise I spent it doing admin work...but that was fine as my office is absolutely LOVELY...with the lovely Yemeni windows...so romantic!

I also made a friend...so far I have gotten 3 text messages from her after work...and then I was added to the film club email and the book club email and I can't wait to go to the first session tomorrow where we will be watching Záhrada (Slovakia 1995) aka The Garden by Martin Sulík.

So it went well...I had panic attacks but I was able to smile and chat to people. I seem to have gotten one bad habit from a friend (KAH) which is I have started to ask extremely private questions. I have never pushed someone i didn't know into a corner where they had to answer "well...its quite private..." I was horrified!!! But waev...I found Irish Cream at the supermarket and it put a HUGE smile on my face!!!


Good Night and Good Luck