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Werkin' It

So I've been at my new job for one week now.  Six full days of working outside the home at a full time pace for the first time since November 2011.

One might wonder: hey, how's it going?  And one might respond with: hey, it's going great, and then the conversation ends, but lucky for you I laugh in the face of brevity.

HA!

Unfortunately I have to speak in generalities as I desire to keep things oblique and mysterious.  However, I will reveal that my work involves the scrap metal recycling world and I get to stick my nose in all sorts of environmental business.

This is what I will say:

I... have a desk!  It is located in a beautifully restored old school Milwaukee building.  Bonus: a lady helped me pillage a sweet seat from my floor and my tushie is now gently buoyed by softly cushioned leather support.  And I'm relatively by myself while desking it, which I actually don't mind considering socializing is becoming increasingly (could I have put more ings in this sentence?) a strange issue for me and it takes a lot out of me.  If I don't get to recharge properly, I will get weird.  Er.




I...have a laptop!  It's a laptop.  I've got nothing to add here.


I...wear a hard hat sometimes!  A fashion forward white (which I will wear after Labor Day, thankyouverymuch) paired with the latest in standardized protective eye wear (tinted, natch) and a highly reflective yellow vest which going with just about everything, darling.
Look at this hot sizzler!  SSSZZZTTTT!

I ...travel!  All over!  Wisconsin!  You jealous, I knows it.  The pace has been pretty brisk in this area as I need to get a handle on the lay of the land, but I'm not worried.  My heavenly buttock cradle will wait for me.

I...get to nerd out over recycling and environmental compliance on the daily!  I'm learning so darn much that my brain is having trouble turning off at night.  Which leads to marvelous posts like this.  YOU'RE WELCOME.

I...use acronyms ATFT (all the freakin' time)!  SPCC, SWPPP,  BACT, ASR, PBRMEASAP up on the acronym mountain, people.  I thought the air force was bad, but dang: this company is all about the abbreviations.

I...still hang with my family!  Yes, it has been an adjustment, but so far the kid has been weathering it alright because my man is absolutely rocking it.  I had to let go of some of the control over meals, but holy moly, D brought his A game for dinners this last week.  This whole transition luckily fell over her going from school to full time kids camp, so she's getting a ton of exercise and stimulation nearby where D can get her at any time if need be.  I get to take her in sometimes, and then D picks her up.  So far, the schedule is thankfully working.

In closing, we are finding our new normal and even the dogs need some adjusting after having me home full time for over a year.  But we soldier on with our first world problems, grateful for this opportunity to apply my skills in a new way and getting paid to do it.  Grateful that D is a great partner in life and love.  Grateful that G is a resilient kid.

And grateful for the people who have been there for me and asked how I've been holding up.  I'm holding up fine.  Some bumps here and there, but overall and comparatively: doing well. 

So...I...'m done with this post now! 

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