Aside from scowling at my alarm clock the past two mornings and raising my eyebrow at the jerks who’ve jostled me on the subway, I’ve been walking around with a smile on my face the past two days.

I started my job yesterday, and I’m doing social media for a major magazine publisher. Since I was in high school, I knew I wanted to work for a magazine publisher, and since I discovered the power of the Internet in publishing at my last job in D.C., I knew I wanted to work on the digital side full-time.

But combine the two? Yeah, this is my dream job. I get to use a lot of what I taught myself on this blog at work, as well as some of the connections I’ve made. It’s going to be hard work, but I have a feeling it will be enormously rewarding.

My office is in midtown, and every time I walk past the windows, I steal a peek at Central Park and smile to myself. I’m a pretty happy lady right now, I’m not going to lie.

Oh, also, one of the editors at one the magazines has been reading *this silly blog* for the past year! Wow! (I definitely blushed when my boss told me that one.)

And I’m also still a pretty healthy lady, too! Here’s my eats for today. (Sadly, no gym…back tomorrow!)

I was attracted by the Irish-ness of this oatmeal, but I really prefer Whole Foods’ steel-cut oats to these — they’re a little thicker.

This looks weirder than it tasted. It’s quinoa, an Amy’s veggie burger and a package of frozen veggies, all microwaved before work this morning separately, and then microwaved together at work and brought outside for lunch al fresco.

I had a Junior League meeting after work, and so after a loooooong day, the last thing I wanted to do was cook. Luckily, Pump was still open…