Soon after moving to Bakersfield

Hey all,

I've been pretty bad about updating this. And I know I haven't made an effort yet to let people know that this blog has moved from its previous location. But I've been encouraged to write once again, especially given my new locale.

So, here are some edited excerpts from some emails I wrote to friends in the last few weeks. To start, what's below was written April 17, 2006.


Hey C,

Sorry I didn't write earlier--these last few weeks have been really hectic, trying to wrap things up in OC for work and church before coming here. And finding an apartment. And moving here.

Anyway, I had my first day of work here at the City Attorney's office. Lots of stuff and lots of meeting people whose names I promptly forgot about 5 minutes later. HR people, secretaries and attorneys in the office, police officers, more police officers, other people we met in the hall as our supervisor gave us tours. And tomorrow and the day after we'll be meeting a bunch more people, various police people and the DA's. Pretty much everyone was gone by 5:15 pm, so here I am checking email.

It's nice to know that I'm not in the kind of environment where everyone works really late. I hope I don't stand out too much by staying later than the others here.

My initial fear was that I'd be pretty bored here in Bakersfield, but it looks like there's lots and lots to learn here at work, both with regard to legal stuff and with regard to people and relationships and organizational stuff.

The other 2 people who started with me today seem nice. They're both a bit more experienced than I am, so I hope I can show myself to be at least competent.

Anyway, lots of first impressions, but we'll see how things pan out in a few weeks.

--Wanr