One Week In.

We've officially be in Amarillo for a week, and I suppose that means that we should have a feel for the city...but we don't. It was a week full of work, upacking, and tying up loose ends between KY and TX. We are exhausted, overwhelmed, missing home, and excited to be here.

Work this week was great. Working in the office completely different than working in the store. The most noticeable difference? It's so quiet. It's just soooo quiet. I'm used to customers being everywhere, and associates running around and yelling, and let's be honest, my normal self is not the quietest person around. So far, that's been the hardest adjustment. Fun things about work? I love the people I have meetings with. Other than "cafe people" (and there's only 2 of us) there are two people from other departments who are tied to cafe, and they're fun. I also have a nifty picture/name badge that you swipe to let you in doors, and I still have to try to keep a straight face when I do it. It's fun. My cube is becoming more like me, but I still need to go shopping for things to decorate it so it isn't so bland. I can't work my desk phone. The voicemail locked me out, so any time I want to check it I have to wait for it to send an audio clip to my email, but my computer won't let me listen to it, so then I have to check the email on my Blackberry and listen to the voicemail. Which so far has never been for me. I also haven't figured out how to work anything on my Blackberry except answering calls and checking email. But I'm kind of okay with that.   Next week we start traveling, so I'll be learning more of what my everyday life will be like. For instance, my next 5 weeks:
Week 1: Traveling the middle Texas cafes.
Week 2: Memorial Day (so short week), vendor meetings, company golf tournament.
Week 3: Traveling Montana
Week 4: A couple office days, then traveling Oklahoma cafes.
Week 5: Travel Tennessee cafes, home for a wedding.

Whoa. But I'll adjust to it. And I'm excited to travel, once I get used to flying and airports.

As far as non-work life goes, we're already sick of church shopping and are ready to have a home and make friends. Then we'll be able to make this really feel like home.