I rock the party that rocks the body.

Just back from my first day at the new gig. In short: it was awesome.

There's nothing to make you feel loved and wanted like everyone you see in one day saying, "Yay! Mary's here!" when they spot you. And, okay, this is awesome, I ran into no less than three of my old delivery drivers and they were also really happy to see me. I even ran into Ernesto, my old freight driver from B&N, who was delivering to another store in the mall.

And, even though my old and new places are less than 20 miles apart, the difference in customers could not be more pronounced.

I have a really great feeling about this.

Even traffic was good today. Nothing untoward happened (head check before changing lanes, please!), and I got there way earlier than I had expected. Looks like I'll gain another 20-25 minutes of sleep in the morning.

I'm still a bit trepidatious about Friday evening traffic, but not too much. I feel fairly confident in my driving now, and I am so looking forward to starting that road trip on Sunday.