Update: Halfway mark.

Yeah.  Its been awhile.  I've been so busy, and so tired.  I'm actually kind of amazed I'm sitting down to write this post, as I'm barely awake.  Funny, its not even 9 and I'm falling asleep.

Things at work are going smoothly.  As smoothly as a 12 hour a day, 7 day a week shift can go.  Some days are frantic, and I barely have the time to get everything done.  Some days are slow, and I struggle to find things to fill up the day.  Some days I have enough energy to run laps around the building, and some days I barely have the energy to force myself up the stairs to my floor to work.  I'm not complaining.  This is exactly what I expected.

Things weren't so smooth at first.  It was very much a "dive right in" approach to training me.  As a result I had a few struggles to overcome, but I did so, and I did so in a fashion that demonstrated to management that I am a good worker, regardless of a personal expertise on the working subject.  Basically, I didn't do my job well, but I expressed a willingness to learn, and that impressed my supervisors.

The job doesn't come without its drama, but I've attempted to separate myself from it.  Other people's suffering is not my own suffering to deal with, and the faster I acknowledge that, the faster I can get on to making myself happy.

That is one thing I can say.  I am happy.  Not happy as in I could see myself doing this forever, but happy in that I'm climbing out of my own pit of depression, and filling in the hole as I climb out.  I might not be out of debt, but I'm certainly on my way.  Even my first half of a paycheck was enough to get things caught up and my feet on solid ground.  There is definitely a weight no longer on my shoulders.

I really don't know what else to say.  This whole experience is kinda what I expected.  I think I'm more tired than I expected.  There was part of me that didnt think I could make the whole 7.5 week first stint, but now that I'm halfway, I'm sure I'll be fine.  Especially since I'm at the point where days are starting to blur together now.  Once I get to work in the morning, load up a podcast, and do my bathrooms, its already 11 am and a big part of the day is over.  As much as I've been the kind of person that tries to not make days go by faster, doing so up here makes things a lot easier to deal with.

But, there it is.  Its time for me to go to bed.   I need my sleeps.