What a commute!

Today I woke up very tired. I once again caught the 6:38 train into the city. I timed the commute and it's about 1 hour 45 minutes there and 2 hours home. I was able to sleep for a few minutes on the train this morning. The first few stops there aren't a lot of people, but the train quickly fills up. I switch trains in Seacaucus and that train is so full I have to stand the rest of the way into the city. I then arrive at Penn Station and walk to the subway to catch the 1 train to Rector Street, from there it's just a few steps to my office on Broadway. The commute home takes a little longer because you have to fight the rush hour crowd. When you get to Penn Station on the way home, you have to watch the screen for the track number of your train, and then walk quickly to the track so that you can be one of the first people on and not have to stand. I definitely miss being home in 20 minutes. I also miss my mom's cooking. Microwavable mac and cheese just doesn't cut it.

Work was better today. I got to meet the people under me and they were really receptive. They are new college grads and don't have much experience. I realized that the company did a lot of firing/hiring and a lot of the people are new. All the people under me have been there less than 6 months. In a supervisors meeting today I found that there were a lot of errors by prior staff that need to be corrected. I had some ideas based on my work at Lexington and the HR manager thought they were excellent ideas. Score! Some people probably will have problems with me coming in and fixing everything, but that's what I'm there to do and I'm not afraid to get my hands dirty from day one. They'll have to adjust.

Now I'm going to take a shower and try to get to bed a little earlier. No new pictures for today. I walked around a little, but not much past where I walked yesterday. Leaving for work at 6:30 and getting back to Tif's around 7, wipes me out!

Oh- no word on the apartment yet. The longer it takes, the more I worry.