And were not talking about the cute kind, either; were talking first-day-of-second grade jitters!

But then I pettedMister Scooch, thought about it and finally started breathing again.

Ofcourse, Im going to do swell in my new post.

How can I be so sure?

Let me share just 10 of the reasons:

10.

Diet Raspberry Snapple in the vending machine!

I ran into Lauren Graham at dinner last Friday, and she remembered who I was!

Theres a Tasti D-Lite across the street from our office!

Among my bennies at Time Inc.: Theyll insure my Smurf collection for free!

Everyone on staff is getting freePretty Bittercards!

Okay, I have one new outfit.

Seriously, its from Kenneth Cole!

I work two days and then have a three-day weekend!

EW covers movies, books, musicandTV, so theres four times the swag!

Istillknow things you dont!

I missed a few things?

And when youre done with that, dont stray too far from my little corner of EW.com.