So far, the residence hotel is fine. My room is nice, and though I share the bathroom with a guy who leaves the toilet seat up, its perfectly fine. I went out and bought full size toiletries - yay full size shampoo!
And meals? The food is pretty good, but its kind of weird. They have "waiters" that take your order and clear the table, but there aren't exactly many choices. And you have to catch them at the right time, otherwise they might forget about you. For instance, today I didn't get desert because I waited too long to catch the waiter's eye and the kitchen had thrown it out already.
The real problem with the meals is the hours - if I miss them, I can't get my meals held. Which means if I want to go to the gym before work, I miss breakfast, and if I go after work, I miss dinner. I testing out the Y near the office this week and it seems pretty nice and has a masters team, so I'm going to try a morning practice and see how it goes.
Mostly, though, I've just been working. I've been working a lot, but it doesn't seem to drag. I'm learning a lot and I think I'm catching on. And they are letting me work from NY for a few days in October when I'll be in town for my cousin's bar mitzvah! Maybe it will work out so well that they'll decide I should come back even sooner....
Now, off to sleep so that I can wake up to swim in the morning.
Posted by dahl at September 9, 2005 12:03 AM