Shutdown

I just completed my third day at my new job. Still no complaints.

However, today I worked while nobody else was at the store. My office is upstairs, so I can come in, lock the door behind me, and work in total peace and quiet every Saturday and Sunday. That's a pretty sweet deal, and I decided to try it out for the first time around 11 this morning.

All went well... I turned on the lights as was explained to me, found my stack of books to get to work on, and settled in front of my gorgeous computer.**

I worked for six hours - taking a little lunch break in between - and only noticed the time passing out of an irrational fear of getting locked in to passageway the store is in. As the sun began setting, my fears got a little sharper, and I decided to close up and head home.

I ran into two issues while closing:

1. I think some lights were on when I came in. I just couldn't remember which ones. And while closing, I tried every combination of lights possible (there are tons) and nothing looked right. I just decided on total darkness. Maybe it was totally dark when I came in? Maybe not? I don't know.

2. I was so upset about the lighting situation that I forgot to throw out the bit of trash I had in my hand. I don't have a trash bin upstairs, so I brought down the plastic cup, water bottle, and napkin I had to throw away. And prompty left them out on the table at the entrance. A nice little "Good Morning!" to my new boss, right?

I'm just a little OCD in that I had to check and double-check that I locked the doors correctly. I'm still stressing about it, even though I'm at home and obviously can't do anything about i now. But what if someone breaks in and steals all their precious books? That would be such a nightmare. At any rate, I hope to get to work tomorrow before anybody else. I will run in, throw out my trash, turn on the lights, and pretend I had no issues with closing the place on my own.

Next weekend, I'm sure I'll feel much better about all of this. But right now, that damn lighting problem and trash issue is really irking me.

I'm so waking up at seven am in a panic. I know I am.

** I am turning toward the Mac side of things. So pretty! So fun to look at! So easy to use!