The morning involved veggie/fruit juices from a juice cafe and circuit training on the roof. There was free biometric testing, which I opted not to do because I avoid unnecessary needles. There was also spin class taught by my engineering manager, which I also opted not to do because I avoid unnecessary biking.
Lunch was from Lyfe Kitchen and it was super yummy. Probably the best food I've had at SM so far. There was a presentation about sports medicine and physical therapy from a dude at One Medical.
The afternoon was my favorite. First, there was the chair massage. SurveyMonkey sponsors my membership at Massage Envy, and they asked Massage Envy to come in to do 15-minute chair massages. My masseuse was Christine, and she was just amazing. I didn't have to tell her where to put pressure or how much. She found the knots, knew just how to attack them, and even said, "You get headaches, don't you?" as she worked on my neck. I was like, "Yep! And you are working that spot that always kills me when I have a migraine!"
Then there was the farmer's market on our rooftop deck. I thought it would just be one stand or something. But it was more like 7 stands, with produce and local honey and locally made snack foods and desserts. I bought plums, cherry tomatoes, and mulberries! Side note: I had never had mulberries before. Brushing my teeth that night I found that I had immensely purple spit. Also, they gave us some awesome swag for our farmer's market experience.
And while I am sharing photos and talking about fruit, I might as well add this picture of the awesome fruit I had for a morning snack today courtesy of The Monkey.
If it sounds like I am bragging about SurveyMonkey, that's because I am. After a long post-college career search, working my ass off at Hackbright, and the incredibly stressful job search that I somehow managed to drudge through, I am really proud of finding my home at SurveyMonkey. Most of all, I am really excited to be yet another "success story" of Hackbright and to hopefully show that it actually can be done!
As I have previously mentioned, I plan to write a post (or several) on my job search and how I got through it alive. I especially want to write about it to hopefully help other HB alums who are still job searching and wondering what is wrong with them and why can't they get an offer and why is everyone else getting offers and should I just join a convent and be done with it?? (spoiler alert: no)
On an unrelated topic, I have to throw in this hilarious picture I found on twitter for those of my friends who have used Chrome/Mozilla Dev Tools. For my non-developer friends, just right click on your browser window and click "Inspect Element" for a secret window into the world of front end development.
