Full Metal Lunchbox

The bank has moved up the start date of my new, permanent job downtown from February 14 to February 7, but that wasn't enough to keep me from having to spend a week and a day playing for the farm team.

Here I am at the workspace I've carved out for myself in the training room currently serving as impromptu lab space. Space is at a premium here, which I find amusing given that the far suburbs give way to empty farmland just beyond the edge of the building. If I look unhappy in this photo, it's because I unexpectedly had to deal with a bit of beaureaucracy left over from my previous project. (Hey, there's a good corporate motto: "...just a bit of bureaucracy."

Cheering me up was a call I got from my future boss welcoming me aboard and arranging the details of my first day a week from Monday. That call came just when I needed it, when I was really feeling the contractor blues.

posted by Full Metal Lunchbox @ 3:50 PM