first days here

so sorry i've taken so long to get this deal started. been a little crazy getting settled in at home and work, just finally got my room cleaned and set. annnddddd now its going to have to wait a little bit longer because the sabres just came back and tied the game vs. the stars with 3 goals in the 3rd. yea. LETS GO BUFFALO! ...............

.... k after an awesome 7 round, i think, shootout win, im back. haha so yea seattle is pretty legit so far. it was sorta funny how i told everyone that the rain was just a myth and it wasn't really like that but then when we showed up it was pouring rain and there was a major flooding problem.  the gray and rain lasted for 5 days until i saw any sun at all but i did at last get my first sunny day yesterday and it was beautiful. the rain still is partly a myth however because this recent flooding being an exception, it doesn't actually rain a lot when it does rain, its more of a sprinkle or mist most days with a lot of clouds. 

im living on the east side in a town called newcastle which is just south of bellevue. its really nice and its a sick location with lots of stuff right around and a great commute to work so that i dont even have to take any expressways which can be bad here due to some serious traffic during rush hours. 

my place is a real nice condo that is already fur

nished by my roommate kyle who owns it, except for my room which did still have a desk and dresser in it for me to use. yes, i am living with another kyle. they just seem to be the coolest kinds of people. hes a good guy who i think im going to continue to get along with real well. he works as a programmer at a small start up in bellevue.

on to microsoft. the first two days were new employee orientation so that was pretty long but it was pretty helpful and informative, and we got some free stuff so thats always cool. actually won a free xbox 360 game too. everything is just so sweet there, they've got the surface tables all over the place and everywhere you look there is technology. the campus is huge and beautiful. basically they have one main campus and redmond and then other smaller campuses all over the puget sound area. i was pleasantly surprised to find that their cafeterias have awesome food at real low prices which def makes me happy cause i love food. a possible issue though could be the starbucks machine right by my office where you can get free coffees, hot cocoa, and spiced cider. i am on the cvp (customer velocity platfo

rm) team. more to come about what that actually means as i dont even have a complete grasp on what my job will exactly be yet. should have that figured out in the next day or two depending on my manager's decision. but yea ill get back to you then. later. heres a pic to prove its official.