First day of work
Number of minutes it took me to walk to work this morning: 32
Number of minutes early I arrived for my first (nominal) appointment: 28
Number of communiques waiting for me on my new desk: 4
Number of meetings I am scheduled for this week, discovered via the aforementioned on-desk communiques: 4
Additional meetings or lectures set up for this week today: 2 (plus one tentatively for April)
Number of forms duly delivered to human resources: 1 kajillion (approx.)
Number of forms still awaiting action: 1
Amount of time previously logged as a UW System employee: 1.54 years
Percentage of my disability-insurance premium I have to pay out of pocket: 0
Percentage of said premium I’d have to pay out of pocket if not for amount of time previously logged as UW System employee: 37%
Number of people who stopped by my new desk to say hello today: 2 dozen (approx.)
Number of campus photo IDs now in my possession: 1
Number of bus passes now in my possession: 0 (but I’ll pick it up on my way to work tomorrow)
Number of work-related email addresses I theoretically have: 3
Number of work-related email addresses I actually have access to: 2
Work-related email address listed for me in the campus directory: Guess.
Number of emails waiting for me on login: 83
Number of emails left untrashed: 12 (this place could REALLY use some RSS!)
On a 1-10 scale, decency of this first day as compared to many, many other first days I’ve had: 8
The biggest hassle right now is my “netID,” which thanks to the marvels of computer databases dates back to my very first grad student days, and thus contains my long-outdated maiden name. I’ve put in a trouble ticket on this one, because the way the local calendar system and DSpace authentication work, some folks actually need to be able to associate this netID with me, so a renaming would appear to be in order. (”Rovner? We have a Rovner on staff?” Uh, no, no you don’t, in fact.)
But everything else is falling into place. With luck, I may even be able to log in to DSpace soon!