So, first off... I Love My Job! :)
I love the fast-paced work, the brilliant coworkers, the amazing technology, and of course the perks of working for Humana. This place fits me well and the people I am surrounded by inspire me to be great in my professional development. I feel challenged. It is exciting work and I actually see results and actually make a difference in health behavior, predictive modeling, and of course a major company's bottom line which also increases my cost shares, haha. Learning a lot about how everything in health comes together... pharmaceuticals, risks, costs, types of insurance, health risks, incentives, health behaviors, drivers of health behaviors, how companies are run, politics, etc. So much going on all the time! Get to talk to people from all over... I can't wait to learn even more and become more autonomous/independent/innovative. I think I'm on track.
Living in Kentucky is pretty good so far apart from the terrifying drivers and experiences as a pedestrian in this city.... and the storms... hail... yea...
Otherwise, it's peaceful, I really like my apartment... Although, life is expensive but the reality of it is that that is how life is and if I have to live alone I want to be somewhere nice and safe. That, and as Josh says... I'm not exactly the simplest of person in terms of living. But, I'm not impractical as I am actually very good with money....hah. It doesn't help that coworkers want to go out to eat at lunch and sometimes dinner... and sometimes I will indulge because I want to get to know people better because when we are at work we are all pretty absorbed because some of the work is intense. But... these two weeeks is OFFICE OLYMPICS! My Team (Team Delta) has not won any events so far though. My paper airplane flew really well in practice but it just couldn't handle the pressure. And... playing backgammon with strategic people while I have no real experience...was not successful but I only lost by one chip-thing so that's not bad, really. Hopefully other events prove to be more successful. Darts, Chariot Races, Trivia, paper toss, etc.... of course this happens around lunch so we don't lose work time but we do get to build relationships with each other! our VP is really cool. She bought us backgammon for our olympics, and she gave me tips on how to play. I love that these people work really hard, and are brilliant, but yet have lives and personalities. Very encouraging indeed.
Josh likes it here when he visits so far which is good. Haven't quite hashed out exactly what is going to happen in the future but we are both pretty flexible. I get really good PTO, get paid well, and once I get better at what I do I'll have a little more freedom. It's pretty much touch and go from here but I'm not too worried. I'm pretty sure I'm resilient and adaptable.
Although, my manager did ask me if he plans on moving here. We'll see. We've discussed it but there's no rush and there are too many things to figure out in the mean time and we are both very busy.
There are so many other things going on lately too, but right now I'm just happy that life is good for the most part. :)
