My First Day

What a whirlwind 48 hours its been. My parents drove up on Saturday and helped me pack. We drove down Sunday morning, got home by Sunday afternoon, I worked on CLR until midnight, woke up this morning at 6:00 AM, and left for work by 7:30.

It was raining this morning, so mind-numbing traffic is as certain as death and taxes. To make things worse, downtown LA has a series of one-way streets. Lemme tell you, one-way streets and I do NOT mix. I made a right turn onto Flower Ave, only to have a woman with an umbrella wave frantically at me and scream "nononono!" I didn't understand why she was screaming that until I looked up and saw a wall of headlights. Crap. I made a quick U-turn in the intersection, dodged about 4 cars coming crossways, and finally made it into the office at 9:30. I was supposed to be there at 9AM sharp. Not a great way to make a first impression, I suppose.

Anyway, it turns out that everyone here at Nossaman is very easygoing. My co-summers, Adam and Ashley, are 2L's from USC Law, and they were here last summer as 1L's. I spent pretty much all day learning policies and procedures, filling out forms, learning to use the phones, and learning to use the billing software. We also got a grand tour of the office, and I met 50 attorneys, none of whom I can remember at this moment.

All in all, not too bad for my first day. I didn't do any "real" work -- apparently that's coming in a few days. Except for the commute, I could get used to this sort of work...