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[wispfox]

Yes, I have returned from Raleigh, NC. Yes, my first day of actually being at my new job (instead of Orientation) was today. Yes, the thunderstorms yesterday did make me not leave NC until 4 hours later than originally expected. With 3 of those hours waiting in the plane. Thus, very, very tired today. Did not get home until after midnight.

My luck is still amazing. I managed to catch a shuttle from Logan to the Airport stop on the blue line, catch the subway from there to state street, catch the orange line to north station, and get to the train to Andover (with time to get a ticket) in 30 minutes. After 10pm at night. I did not know this was possible.

I got to watch really nifty weather when the plane finally left NC. There was a storm coming in as we lifted off, with lightning (it's very strange to watch lighting from within a plane, as there is no sound). There was a sunset going on, but with clouds periodically getting in the way of the skyline. Mostly verious blues. Which I like, but which aren't quite as spectacular as more colors being involved. There were many clouds and lightning all the way up the coast (makes me wonder what it was like while we were waiting in NC!).

There was a cloud formation up in the air, sufficiently far away that we could see it for probably 15 minutes, with lightning strikes happening inside it every couple of seconds, sometimes multiple at once. Depending on one's orientation in relation to the cloud, it resembled a dragon, with scales and everything, although its face was more lion-like; and waves, with creatures appearing in the crests. It was really nifty.

And, of course, the feeling of being able to pick up cars, or buildings, or other such things as we got further from the ground is always nifty. I kept wanting to adjust the flow of water, mostly because I felt like I could. Really enjoyed playing with water and creating rivers in the sandbox growing up. My parents hated the fact that I kept wasting so much water...

Leaving Boston Sunday afternoon in the plane was strange. I've not been homesick in about 10 years, but I was briefly strongly missing my friends here (to the point of homesickness), while we were lifting away from the gound. I've been putting down roots here, and I didn't realize it. Yeah, I've been making friends, and feel more like I fit in somewhere than ever before, but... homesick? During a 2 day trip? Weird...

I refuse to be attached to here, yet - I have too much exploring left to do. Of myself and of the world. On the slightly less weird side, I did *not* feel like particularly like I was coming home on the way home. So it's almost certainly the friends I've been making, and not specifically the location.

Today at work was mostly taken up with me trying to get my machine set up. Took most of the day to do it, although partly because I was doing other things (and partly because there aren't actually *any* sysadmins in our office - they are all in the main office).

I have a strong suspicion that I'm not going to be having much time for anything but getting adjusted to my new job for the near future. Thus, very little LJ reading or posting. Probably even slower with email (amazing, since I'd started slacking during my break because I wanted to go outside and *do* stuff). Partly because I tend to get online far less frequently in the evenings and on weekends when I am online all day at work (I was not today, because the machine needed to get installed and set up).

Tired, and overly warm.

The hotel I was at in NC had a pool and a hot tub. Was air conditioned to far cooler than I would have liked, and was near a train station. Oh well. Another reaon I'm really tired, I'm sure, since I sleep poorly when not at home.

Other things to do before I sleep. So, I go.