Week 1

So I havent even been here a week, and already, I’ve seen Patti Labelle, Nelly, Dianne Wiest (DA, Nora Lewin, from Law and Order)and President Carter – Jimmy, not Shawn LOL, although apparently Beyonce does have an apartment on the top floor of the building I work in. I’d call it an eventful week.

I still haven’t made it to pedicure land, and my eyebrows are starting to revolt against my face, but those are on my list of things to do over the weekend. Next order of business after that: a whole new wardrobe LOL.

Seriously – yall remember the movie “Boomerang,” with Eddie Murphy n'em, where Robin Givens played Jacquelyn, the dressed to die, man-eating executive? How bout my whole building is chock full of damn Jacquelyns LOL. Every chick in this building is rockin at least a 3-inch heel on the daily, in a power suit or sassy little dress, torn clean off a window mannequin. I cant even tell you how many times I have done a double take because someone has bounced past me in some frilly little diddy that moves when they walk and I really, really, really wanna ask where they got it LOL. I will say, however, that no one I’ve seen thus far is messin with my shoe game. I’ve been in my comfortable clothes and slides all week, trying to get a firm grasp on the commute and how much actual walking will be necessary while Im at work, but out come the legs and stilettos next week.

You ever have a dream of yourself, like when you were a kid, of who you wanted to be when you grew up or what you wanted your life to be like? Now, have you ever gotten what you dreamed up and not know what to do with it? LOL Im totally a fish outta water here LOL. Its not because Im not cut out for this, its because the place I just left is the kind of place that stifles you and makes you feel comfortable in mediocrity. I’ve got suits and cute dresses and banging shoes, but no job I ever had upstate demanded that of me on any kind of a regular basis. Any day I’d come in looking casket sharp, I’d get compliments all day and inquiries about where I was going LOL. “To my desk, fool.” LOL But that was because nobody shot that high when it came to work, and unless I was doing it just because I felt great when I got up that morning, I’d end up feeling overdressed. Here, “shooting high” is the expectation. All week, I’ve felt underdressed in the Roc City norm. And yes, power plays are born of people, not outfits, but your presentation really does have an effect – on both how you feel about you and how your co-workers and prospective clients will feel about you. I think that’s why everyone here is laced out, because they know that. It says things about you before you even open your mouth, and the environment and business we are in kind of requires that. So I get it. I’ll be in standard uniform, come Monday LOL.

I swear, this has had to be the longest week allowed by law LOL. My body never got a chance to recover from the move labor. Now its suffering from commute walking and stair climbing. Im not mad though, its exercise that is greatly needed, and sooner or later, my body will get used to it. Im really looking forward to finding a place in the next 2 or 3 weeks and enlisting my upstate crew to come down and help me put it together. My girl’s place is really nice, and we are getting along just fine, but I wanna come home to my own spot at the end of a long day and just cool out. There’s nothing like having your own. But I’ll get there.

:)