Before I interviewed for this new job, I was told a few things:

 ”Don’t wear a suit, it won’t get you anywhere.  Dress comfortably.”  ”It’s going to be a long day, so get alot of rest, keep hydrated, and have fun”   and  “I hope you like animals.”  What?

So I get to the building, meet the recruiter, and share the elevator up to the sixth floor with a puggle puppy and a full-grown yellow lab.  I.Freaking.Love.This.Place!  You can take your dog to work!  It’s hardly the point that I don’t have a dog, ‘cuz I’m getting one!

And it’s the first thing I did.  Even before making sure I had more than beer, water and wine in the fridge.  Here she is:

The little terror.  She has zero clue that she’s 3lbs and can make grown dogs shudder when she comes trotting down the hall at work.

Chloe and Alfred: Almost work friends. 

We’re still working on potty training, not whining when I leave for a meeting, and not terrorizing Alfred the Big Brown Dog.  But she’s terribly cute, and knows it.  Dammit.

I’m back.  I can’t swear to it, since my ambition was bigger than my time when I started this blog, but I’ll do my best.  After a few gentle (and one not-so-gentle) urgings from some friends, I think we’ll give this another shot.  Because, you see, a TON has happened in the last four months.

Here’s a recap so we’re all up to speed:

May - While I was in London, I got “the call” from my boss. ”Eh, are you still interested in leading your own team of  nosey people who everyone just LOVES to have come check out if they’re doing their damn jobs?” he asks. (I’m an auditor.  People LOVE ME.) “Uh, sure.” I reply. (Not normally a girl of few words, this was all I could come up with as I had no idea this call was coming)

June - Frantic travel mixed with pretending I know what to do with a new team in Albuquerque, NM.  Good times.

July - I get an email via LinkedIn.com from a recruiter at a tech company in Seattle.  “Have I got a job for you!”, he says.  “Yeah, right,” I reply.  “You only have to travel 15% of the time,” he taunts.  “OK.  I’m in.”  Well, it was more like 20 emails, three phone interviews, and an insane in-person interview involving five hours, six people and no bathroom breaks.  I’m a camel.

August -Wrapping up the job-negotiating stuff while trying to keep it all in “the Vault” (my version of keeping my trap shut), I now have to give my two weeks notice.  That was a new one for me.  As “the company” is the only place I’ve worked since graduating from college, I’ve never had the absolute pleasure of saying “see-ya” before.  Interesting. I was on travel to “lovely” New Jersey at the time, and my last two weeks consisted of hanging out with as many of my work friends as possible, including trips to Atlantic City, Philly, and a teaser of a day in New York City at a Yankees game.  (Yes the job did have its perks!)  It was hard saying goodbye to my co-workers.  They are some amazing people.

Whew.  That was exhausting.  That brings us to now. I’ll save that fun for a few new posts.  Think new job, new puppy, new boy, new life.  Good stuff.