[Can she really be called that if it's a trait she only possesses at work, 'shrewish' sounds so 'not girlfriend material'-like. Although to be entirely fair she's not one to think about romance while at work anyway, so it really is a good thing that they met on the beach. Goodness.]

Pretty much, but on top of that the way I got into the position doesn't exactly help. I'm one of the younger architects, for one thing, and half of the senior staff doesn't believe I'm even properly certified.

[Which about explains why the first year of it was so difficult. It was more proving herself left and right than it was getting any actual work done. The whole time period was a mess.]

I'm not very good at accepting that kind of attitude, so I guess it was always going to end the same way. And I guess I'd rather be a hard ass and get stuff done than be everyone's friend and have a shitty work ethic.

[While she's not entirely sure she can describe her job as her dream one she does love it, and take great pride and care in it all. You don't get to fuck up with buildings, after all.]