Working On A Quirky Graph

Can I claim my third full week at work as my first satisfying week? Is that a thing? I’m making it a thing. So many things have gone right this week. There were several that went wrong, but so very many went right.

I’m starting to get the hang of these tickets. I’ve had a couple of bad moments, but I’ve worked the knowledge that I gained into the next moment and became better. In fact, my boss today made a comment that I had incorporated information he had given me into an interaction I was having at the moment. And I had to laugh. I let him know that I had been creating a cheat list for myself that is several pages long now, with tidbits of information that are quick grabs for me. “Oh, this isn’t going well? Let me pull out this answer I have and wrap it into a response for you!” It really is the best way to make it happen, and I haven’t even transcribed over the hand written notes that I have from the last meetings or even my training. So much more knowledge to work into my head on a regular basis.

We also got paid today, which, I will totally admit made my night. It is simultaneously more than I expected but less than I’m used to. Truly my own fault, and I’m working on making strides to live within a budget, something I have always sucked at doing. I will end up continuing to work at the coffee shop, which, honestly is kind of funny cause I’m not working there this weekend and I have only worked there 1 day in the last 3 weeks. It isn’t a heart breaker, but while I enjoy that job, I am not even remotely interested in driving anywhere this weekend when the worst of the Artic Plunge is upon us. I’m perfectly happy wrapping myself up in blankets, thank you very much.

I’ve tried an experiment this month. Spoiler alert: it failed. I was going to try not to buy any groceries. Hahaha. I’ve already had to get cat food twice. And, of course, I ran out of creamer which is a sin. But, truly, I haven’t spent more than $15 on myself for the first 12 days of the month. Was it anything that I needed? Besides the creamer? No, but looking at my cupboards I’m not sure if I’m going to make it all the way to the end of the month either. We will see. I have noodles, frozen bags of veggies, a few tortilla shells and more noodles. I’m hoping I won’t have to go out for cat food until next week, at least when the temperature gets above 25, especially since the temp isn’t supposed to break freezing until the 20th. Meanwhile I’ve been working on another blanket, of which I’m going to run out of yarn, I have a stack of scarves and hats that I’ve created with no current home and I’m hoping new books to rent.

I’m almost done setting up my home office. I’m ridiculously lucky and spoiled by this company. They reimburse up to so much for your expenses, which as made it easier to get a new keyboard (oh my goodness did I need a real keyboard), a new webcam and a new headset. However, as I type this on this extremely snazzy new keyboard that I completely love, the hydraulic has given up the ghost on my office chair. and I need something that will allow me to transform my desk into a standing desk. Honestly, tomorrow I need to spend some quality time in this office of mine, hang up the three pictures I still haven’t hung since I moved in, move some of the boxes around and clear out some room. My mom has a couch in her basement that I believe would fit right in. It would be perfect, actually because the girls want to be able to spend time in here, but the only real place for them to be is either on the desk in my way or on my lap, in the way. They simply don’t understand why I won’t just crawl back in bed with them when clearly I’m not doing anything important.

This week started out rocky. I wasn’t sure what I was going to do, if I was really getting it, if I was making a difference, but it has ended on a fairly high note. It may be below freezing outside, but I’m pretty happy with how things have ended up inside this week.