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.

Amarillo, here we come.

In case you haven't heard, we're moving!

Update on the past couple months:
I've been offered a job at Hastings' corporate office in Amarillo, Texas, as the Hardback Coffee Cafe Coordinator. I'm in charge of operations in all 72 (soon to be 73) cafes. :) Which means! I'll be working on the administrative side in the office, following up with regional and district managers to ensure everyone is following policy with their cafes, and actually traveling throughout the country to work with specific cafes. I'm SO excited. And terrified. It's a pretty big job, and I'm moving away from my whole work support system. Thank goodness for phones and email. And I'll make friends in the office...and get used to working in an office...it's just going to be a big transition. And an exciting one. Today is especially exciting because we officially have  a place to live once we get there, which makes it so much less stressful. It's very important to have a place to live.

So, two weeks and counting! All that stands between us and Amarillo is dead week, finals, and a cross-country trip!