011000

I'll get to the other stuff in a second, but the important news first: I have Associate Number 011000. For a brief moment, I thought they were assigned in binary (24?), but no, I just got extraordinarily lucky in sequential assignment. I feel like I ought to get some sort of door prize. It's a very good omen regardless.

So apparently I'm going to be in the Advanced Architecture group of the Applications Architecture division. I have absolutely no idea what that means, nor am I likely to until this Friday. Presumably it's a bit more prestigious than Beginning Architecture...

For a company whose goals include eliminating needless paperwork from the health care industry, they sure do make their employees fill out a ton of paperwork relating to insurance. I hope they appreciate the irony.

I didn't think through things clearly: I commute to work against the main flow, out of the city center in the morning and back into it in the evening. So I never really have any traffic. It's awesome.

Far be it from me to stare out a window during orientation, but there's such a gorgeous view outside. All you can see is the river flowing past and the trees on the opposite shore. I'd want to build a house there; if there wasn't already a conference center, that is. It's the old Sam's Town Casino, if any of you Kansas City types care.

Note to self: drink something basic, like milk, after eating a pizza, lest you go to bed with a nasty case of acid reflux.