employed and enjoying it

it's been a while since employment requires my attention that unemployment does not but here i am to report that being employed is indeed wonderful and receiving my paycheck is even better than i had remembered. my student loans are being paid and i don't fear for my rent. but i must say, no matter what work i do, it's really the people that i work with that make or break the job. working with assholes at a hedge fund made me want to jump out of the 40th floor window while my current group of co-workers make me think it's okay to come to work even if the elevator was out of service (which i really hope never is as we are still on the 20th floor). memorial day weekend starts tomorrow and it's nice that i can differentiate weekdays from weekends. and sure, while i'd rather be a trust fund baby who happens to chose to work, having to work is not so bad when it gives me a chance to meet new people and feel like i'm contributing in an economy that isn't seeing it's best days (though with the office lottery pool, with a little luck i can be part of the former as well as the latter).