Busy Busy

The great thing about the new job is that I have NO downtime any more. There are ALWAYS loans that need to be worked on and there is SO MUCH I need to learn that I’ll be stuffing my head with new information for…. well…. the foreseeable future. I’ve been mentally exhausted at the end of the day since I shifted gears. 

It feels like I’m working for a completely different company. Everything is new. There are lots of people I’ve never met before, people I’ve never even heard of before, and the knowledge base is absolutely different. The ONLY program I am using that I was using before is the program that handles member information, which is a given. I have to learn two or three new programs, a new set of websites, and a different set of compliance laws. 

I’m not worried about it, it just feels like when I first started in the credit union industry. There’s a lot of information you have to know AS SOON as you can possibly know it. They threw me on basic practices and answering branch calls the second day. It’s stressful, but I’m glad they did because I learn the best when I’m as hands on as possible. There’s only so much you can absorb while watching someone else do it. Getting over the feeling of being completely over my head isn’t really that hard. And it only lasts for a little while. 

I’m so happy with it. I think I am really going to like it. What’s better, I discovered on Friday that both of my supervisors are Star Wars geeks! Best thing ever! 

My creativity has sort of gone downhill though. I haven’t really done any writing or drawing or anything for quite a while, which I need to change. I also wasted most of yesterday playing Skyrim, which wouldn’t be too bad if it didn’t suck me into a black hole. I can’t just play for an hour and leave it at that. I have to play for ten hours, or, I do play for ten hours because I lose track of time and don’t pay attention to the fact that it’s getting dark outside. 

I do wish I could be more into gaming though. It would be cool to be one of those people who’s really savvy about games and keeps up to date with them. I used to. I used to get Game Informer all the time, but made the stupid decision to go digital, and then never ever checked my emails. 

I also have a very narrow liking for games too, which makes being into games rather hard. Futuristic games are cool, games based in a fantasy world are cool, RPGs in either are the best. I hate puzzle games, I hate games that stick you in a real world environment like Grand Theft Auto, and I’m not a big fan or RTS games. Makes it a little hard. 

I’m trying though. I’ve got a ton of games on Steam that I’ve never played and am going to try to work through. The Bioshock Games, Borderlands, the Fallout games, Portal, etc. I’m also going to try looking into the Civilization games too. Everyone I talk to says those are really fun. 

Anyway.

Sea World has kicked itself into high gear for the summer and Andy is being worked to death (not literally). Lots of 3:30 to midnight shifts and split shifts with overtime. I really feel bad for him. He’s got a lot more responsibilities this year than he did last year and there is only one other person on staff that can do his job. He’s tired and burnt out all the time. It makes me a little anxious. 

All is well otherwise. I’ve probably got about two months left before I’ll be able to get my car fixed, then I’ll be starting flight lessons again, finally! I’m so bummed I can’t do them now! I hate having to save up to fix my car!

But not really. I’m actually really excited that my car is getting a new coat of paint. It will be nice not to have skid marks down the passenger side, like it was actually brand new, again.

I’ve been thinking a lot about grownup stuff too. I’ve upped the percentage on my 401k and I’ll be opening an IRA soon. I want to finally start saving for a mortgage. Just a small condo. Something where I don’t have to maintain a yard, but the innards of which I have creative control over. If I can pull together a big enough down payment and really look for a good deal, I can probably finance something with an easy monthly payment. It’s an exciting long term prospect anyway. 

I think that’s it for now. There are people here so I need to be sociable.