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All downhill
That sounds like a bad thing, but really it’s a good thing. The peak of my schedule was last week, and while I am still busy this week, It’s a slower, gentler workload. Additionally, the personal events and obligations are slowing as well. I have to take a good look at the caledar to make sure that I don’t miss anything, but overall, not overwhelming. This is good, because this type of schedule always drains me mentally, physically, emotionally. I end up as a washed out shell of myself. I still need to get some restorative time in, and the work around the house is never done. For now, I…
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Week 7
Week 7 feels strange. Maybe it’s just today, but I feel that I’ve been here a while, but when I really think about it, seven is a small number. Only today I got my first full paycheck. And yet, I live in a state and work for a state institution where money problems are a concern, so I worry that I may only see ten more of them. It’s scary becaus I want assurances I can’t get. All I can do is work. And that means building a clientele aand docmenting the work that I have done. This week I have a meeting with my supervisor, so tomorrow I will…
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Week three
Time is flying. I can’t believe that it’s been three weeks. I have a lot to learn and two more weeks of training. But the downtime I had in the first two weeks has dwindled and I find myself surprised my day is over. Part of the startlement is that I am wholly unused to a desk job. I can’t stay in my office all day. I’m looking forward to making contacts with the departments so that I can be gone more often. I like making stuff and looking up stuff, but i need to go out and do or apply stuff. And I think I’m still just playing around…