Kurt's first day...

Kurt's first day of work was yesterday! He was somewhat nervous, but not as much as I thought he would be. I decided to ride down on the train with him just to give him some company. Boy does it get packed! What was funny was that almost the entire train emptied out at the stop that Kurt got off at - it's a pretty busy area.

His company is located on the west side of the loop in what they call the "financial district." They work within the stocks/bonds/trading industry and are a major "player" in the Chicago markets. Seems like it will be a great fit for him! AND, it's a pretty cool environment. They have a VERY relaxed dress code (he said some people were wearing shorts and T-shirts, most were in jeans), they have a free catered lunch every day (for example they had sushi one day last week, had "Baci" deli yesterday, and some Mediterranean stuff today), AND they have a game room for stress release! He gets all sorts of fancy computers and accessories to work with, and has a library of resources at his fingertips. From the way it sounds, it's a company that takes very good care of their employees and values their abilities quite a lot. It is, however, a pretty stressful environment - lots of work and lots of deadlines. But, they stress working 8-9 hour days and that's it. They want to prevent any burn-out. SO...he is very happy with the decision he made, and so am I.

As for me and a job, I'm keeping an eye out on craigslist and the chicago reader. But I'm still unpacking (can you believe it?) and taking care of insurance, license plates, car titles, and other generally boring but necessary tasks. I should be done unpacking (the clothes are what's killing me, but the office is a nightmare too) by the end of the week, so hopefully I can focus on the job search more next week. I'm hoping to get a record store or an office gig, but I would really like to work at school in the fall, so I'm not sure what to do about the job. Oh well...I'll figure it out.

Well...I should continue with unpacking. I didn't get really far within a couple of hours- was checking out insurance stuff this morning and job hunting, then I got my Grad. Orientation packet and looked through that. SO...I need to be productive, if only for one more hour ;o)

Kurt's work gave him a $75 gift certificate to a restaurant company. So, we're going to use it tonight at "Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba" - it's a Tapas restaurant! We've wanted to go to one for quite a while, but they tend to be expensive. Since it's free, we thought we'd go!


Take care!