Turns out my best friend and I are still on the same wavelength even after like 14 years of knowing each other. 😀
It’s been two weeks. Whoops! My new job has been making me very tired and scattered after work every day as I get used to the rigor of construction labor and learn how to pace myself (and adjust my daily routine to working a truly full-time job for the first time, like, ever).
So here’s a wrap-up the last couple weeks!
The Good
- Looks like I have a roommate lined up! Looking forward to introducing them to Seattle. (Boyfriend is moving to an apartment much closer to work so he can live on his own for the first time ever! An exciting adventure! Plus now that I can’t drive him his work commute would have been 1+ hrs each way from our current place, which is NO GOOD.)
- New job is manageable. I’m trying really hard to not complain about it and keep a positive attitude for this gig, and it’s proven pleasantly easy! I’ve only found a couple things difficult, and neither of them are related to the work itself, which is largely pleasant and satisfying if physically taxing. I’m also learning new things and making a pretty long mental wishlist of tools I want to get so I can eventually do building/extension-level freelance carpentry. (Chop saws are SO COOL everyone. And I learned they make portable table saws! !! !!!)
- I finally ordered an air conditioner. I’m going to have to make a frame out of 2x4s to get it to sit properly in my horizontally-opening windows, but then I will actually have full-room climate control in the bedroom that holds both me and the lizards. So their heaters can keep them warm without melting me, a very good deal.
- My boyfriend’s little sister visited and that was neat.
- My parents visited, that was also neat.
- My best friend from high school (and beyoooooooond) visited, and it was amazing to see him. <3 (We also died laughing when we gave the same answer to a Jackbox prompt, as seen above, without communicating at all during the answering phase.)
- My Dungeon World group was down a person, so we played the Discworld Ankh-Morpork board game, which is my very favorite and it was a wonderful time.
- Tons of people came to writing group today and that makes me so happy.
- I got to demolish a brick chimney, which was really fun.
- I learned some stuff about hanging windows.
- I went on a really good date!
- My workboots fit and broke in the little bit I needed them to almost immediately, and they were less than $100. Yesssss.
- I met an internet friend in-person for the first time!
The Bad
- I am SO TIRED, y’all. Someday I will learn how to sleep right, but that hasn’t happened yet. Hopefully now that things are settling down I’ll be able to get on a more regular schedule.
- I haven’t really adjusted my lifestyle to the new size of paycheck yet, so I’m worried that’ll come and kick me in the crotch. I have plenty of savings still, so it should be okay, but I expect some growing pains as I need to rework my budget and spending habits. (I also haven’t gotten my first paycheck, that happens this week due to me just missing the turn-in time of the last pay period when I started working. So I’ll have a clearer idea after that happens how well I’m doing.)
- I haven’t been getting any reading done, and that makes me :(. I want to get through a couple of RPG books so I can start running a game!
- Eating out is expensive, boo.
- The way I was taught to shim windows was very frustrating, though I am very grateful for the knowledge! (So I guess it’s kind of a wash, all told? Also this totally doesn’t count as a complaint I don’t know what you’re talking about.)
- I didn’t lift weights the last two weeks. Planning on getting back into it this week now that I’ve had a couple weeks to adjust to doing physical work all day.
- It has been so hot. Someone make it stop being hot on weekdays.
And that’s about it! How did your weeks go? What are you getting up to in the week ahead?
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