Work & Play

This post won't have many pics as I'm writing on my brand new android phone! I decided that I wanted to get a new phone that would be more effective for answering work emails than my outdated blackberry. I also decided that I wanted to say goodbye to my Florida number in favor of a New York one.

As I mentioned in the last post, I started my new job on Wednesday in Secaucus, NJ. I'll be training there through this Thursday and then back in NY through the following Thursday. We then have a 4-day weekend for Labor Day and start working with our client teams on September 4th.


These first few days were pretty basic. They gave us an introduction to the firm, passed out our laptops, and began dIgging into audit topics. We''ll spend the rest of the time discussing more audit stuff and learning the firm's audit software. I've already made a decently long to-do list that includes HR stuff, required online web courses, and getting work emails to my phone. Because they are confidential in nature, in order to get email access on your phone you have to download an encryption app and have the firm complete the process.

I was glad to see some familiar faces at training from my intern class last summer. The only real complaint I have thus far is the commute to NJ. I take the subway to Times Square, walk to Port Authority, and then take a bus to the office. Because traffic in the tunnel is much worse in the evening, to get home I take a shuttle to the train station and a train to Penn Station. From there I can take the subway, albeit with an added transfer. It takes about an hour in the a.m. and 1.5 hours in the p.m..

Donovan's Pub in Woodside, NY

Because we STILL don't have many groceries, we've been eating out all dinners. On Wednesday it was rainy so we ordered in some delicious and cheap Mexican food. On Thursday we went to a pub restaurant, the Press Box, where we drank Blue Moons with steak frites and fish and chips. I spent Friday night out with new work friends, and today we went to Donovan's Pub in Woodside, Queens.

Jonnie found online that this pub boasted a burger that has been rated one of the best in the City for several years in a row. I really liked the area, and found the restaurant exterior tho be quite charming. We both got bacon cheeseburgers that we massively thick. The bacon was incredible, but the burger itself seemed like it was missing something. We may have been tough critics because of it's impressive credentials, however. Here are some pics of the meal: