A Lefty Writes

I've been working since Tuesday, getting brought up to speed on the processes and goings-on of a state rep's office. Today my employment became official when I filled out paperwork! (oooh...)

So now I'm an employee of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The transition has been going well. I feel comfortable that I'm learning my way around the office and the building, and I know that much of what I have to learn I'm just going to end up picking up as I go along. The outgoing aide can't really prep me for what the budget process will be like in 5 months. For now it's more about getting up to speed with what's currently happening so that nothing falls through the cracks.

This week has actually been pretty exhausting, though. In addition to the new job, I'm still finishing my old one. We ended up doing a poll about people's opinions regarding a proposed state income tax cut and I've been running the phone banks every night this week. So that means 12-13 hour days for most of the week. Fortunately we finished the poll tonight and I can likely look forward to a more regular schedule from here on out.

What I'm not quite used to yet are regular work hours. My schedule since moving back to Boston has been completely variable, yet now I find myself commuting during rush hour (which, by the way, is a hassle in and of itself, but that's a post for another time).

The short version is that things are good and I'm looking forward to a relatively lazy weekend.