I like the way you work it
So, in the comments of my pity party post, my supervisor Aaron cried and cried that I never write about him. He's going to get mad about me calling him my supervisor, too, but I'm doing it anyway, because he is.

So, I figured I'd write a post about work. Not the annoying stuff, but the wacky stuff that my department does. Which can include all of the following: highly inappropriate discussions, spontaneous singing and dancing, inability to go to the breakroom alone (must take entire team with you), and other junk. Basically, my department is three people: Aaron, Shane, and me. We share an addiction to rathergood.com, and we constantly sing the songs from that site. In harmony. We sing other songs in the style of Eddie Veddar, which I'm sure is annoying to the people who work around us. Aaron and Shane constantly have mock fights and beat each other up. I swear, our department is one huge mess of teasing, laughing, singing, and dancing.

The fact that we all like and respect each other has its shortcomings, though. Aaron sometimes finds himself in a tough place, because we used to all be equal... then they created his supervisor position. So sometimes feelings get hurt because our friend has to be our boss. I think it may affect Shane more than it does me, but that's probably because he's been here longer than me, and he and Aaron have a pretty close friendship.

We do plenty of griping about work stuff to each other, but it's surprising how supportive of each other we are. It's been a long time since I didn't dread coming to work (definitely dreaded work at my last job), but most days I actually look forward to coming in. We're three totally different people, from very different backgrounds, but we have enough in common to make things really fun. Shane is a really good person, very sweet, and he has a way of surprising you with his great sense of humor and out-of-character behavior. Aaron shares my passion for music, fashion, food, and travel, and despite our different upbringings, we have had a lot of similar experiences. Both of these guys worked their way into my heart really quickly.

I haven't had such a close work group since my Cargill days, when I practically lived with the rest of the customer service folk (most of whom I still keep in contact with, and who I will see tomorrow at my bridal shower in Arkansas). It's nice to be surrounded by strong, intelligent, funny people during the nine hours I spend at work every day.

(Now, I really liked some of the people at Dell too, and had great times with them, but that environment was just a bit too harsh and stifling... I didn't enjoy working there, but I did enjoy some of the people a lot)

Anyway, I guess this is just a way for me to say thanks to the guys for putting up with me during my rather difficult last few months. Being able to come into work and laugh all day makes some of the stress go away.