first week of new job

Hello hello! I know it might seem like I'm slowly slipping my blog day to Friday but while a move may be in order at some point this post's tardiness is due to a sudden, unforeseeable computer issue that we ran into yesterday that will hopefully be soon remedied.

This has been my first week at my new job and despite the little bumps and snags that I've run into with bus schedules and such it's been a great week overall. I am loving this job. It has a lot in common with my old job which provides some comfortable familiarity but the changes are only good ones. For example: on a day to day basis I have less to process/review than I did working at the library. However, unlike the library, I can read/study when I don't have work to do. This has been both exciting and difficult to get used to because, while this is something that I completely agree with and am ecstatic about, 4 years of habit does not die easily. It might take me a little while to be fully comfortable with pulling a book out while at work but it's something I'm eager to adjust to, haha. The buses have honestly given me the greatest trouble but I think I've figured them out at this point. I got my staff ID today as well so hopefully I can start using the bus pass on that instead of my debit card within a few days. Without a bus pass each ride costs $2.50 so I'd be spending $100 a month whereas the bus pass is $70 for a year. Yes please, I'll take that one.

My body is starting to adjust to the new sleep schedule, primarily by becoming suddenly dead tired around 10pm which is weird but a good sign I guess. Isn't it weird how you sometimes make a better use of your time when you don't have much of it than when you have an entire day to get things done? I'm not super efficient or productive in the mornings yet but I'll be working on that and I already feel more balanced which is primarily what I wanted out of this job in the first place. Being too busy can hurt you but so can having too much time. I've even written a few time within the last week which is an improvement. I keep going back and forth on which project I want to work on but right now I'm trying to tackle a difficult conversation between characters that comes up early in the story line. I'm sure this is something that I'll come back to edit hardcore later on since there is so much I can feel isn't sitting quite right but I need to get to know these characters a little better before I know quite how to fix it.

Tonight we are going to Creativity [one of those paint your own pottery stores] and I am psyched. I have been wanting to go for the almost 2 years since we last went and I've been sitting on a coupon./voucher for about a month which made my reaction a little explosive when Tim asked if I would want to go tonight. I've painted a tile and a bowl so I'm trying to decide if I want to do another bowl, a mug, or maybe a plate or something, along with what I will actually paint on it. I have to keep myself from becoming the "paint ALL the things!" person but it's hard to suppress that. For some reason painting pottery is really therapeutic for me. I'll work on posting pictures after the pieces have been fired as long as mine doesn't turn out to be some kind of monstrosity.  : P