Day 1 - Work

Posted by Lucy on 22 October 2009 | 0 Comments

Tags: Dating in LA,

It’s Monday, and it’s the first day of my real job. With the swipe of my firm’s parking garage key fob, I breathe a sign of relief for my new-found employment. I am comforted in knowing I’ll be able to pay off the massive debt I racked up in school (and getting dolled up for that wedding with Brad).

After orientation about the firm’s computer system (yawn!) and taking a personality test, I finally get a chance to scan the room to see who my “colleagues” are. Regrettably – or maybe thankfully – there are no hot Corporateers. I couldn’t help but wonder where all the hotties in the firm’s recruitment materials went?

I meet a new fellow associate, Jayelle, a bubbly, Southern Belle from Atlanta. She confirms that we were both fraudulently induced by the false and deceptive advertising of the recruitment brochures. We laugh it off, and after our boring day, head to happy hour at Casa Downtown (http://www.casadowntown.com/) for some Milagro Margaritas.

I’m so excited to finally meet a new girlfriend. This city is tough when it comes to meeting sincere friends! I was dying to tell Jayelle all about my weekend with Brad, and the potential dating debacle with Straight Edge Matt (and, to answer my blog followers’ questions, I never have dated two people at once and this is all new to me!)

We keep conversation light initially, but after a margarita…or two…we exchange our new-to-L.A. war stories about velvet ropes, crazy roommates from craigslist, and of course, the Guy Types of L.A.