Current mood:	sleepy
Current music:	Oasis - Cast No Shadow

I suppose an update is warranted. It's been awhile.


- Work is going good. I've had the basics down since the first week. It's really no harder than the last two jobs I've had. The main difference is that there is SO MUCH more information to retain. Many more document types and each type comes in about ten different forms. I haven't made any major mistakes or even that many minor ones, which makes me happy.

- In another work-related dash, I've started looking forward to the time I'm able to transfer. At AEGON (in our division, anyway) you have to be in a job for at least a year before transferring to another job within the same division. I've heard that this isn't the case for all divisions. For example, if I wanted to transfer to IT, or something, I may be able to do that sooner. There are also some circumstances where that waiting period can be waived, I'm told. I looked at some of the current openings today to see what kinds of opportunities were out there. I saw a few positions on another team in my division that I'm sort of interested in. It's not IT, but it kinda seems like it in some ways. It used to be Systems Support, but it's now Production Support. From what the descriptions sound like, it's a lot of the more technical stuff that the other teams don't do. I asked my manager about it and he told me a little about it. Turns out he was on that team when he was first hired. He also said that, if I wanted, he could try to set up a meeting between me and the Director of that department to find out a little more about it. When I was first hired, he told me that he pretty much expected me to be on the team for the one year period and then transfer out and that he'd help me out with it when/if the time came, which is pretty cool. I'm in a weird place right now. I'm not really in any hurry to get out of my current position, but I sort of am. On the one hand, I do like my job. On the other hand, I turn 26 in a few months and I really think it's time for me to start a career doing something I want to do rather than something that just pays the bills. AEGON is big enough where I'm sure I can find something I want to do and I'd like doing. I just have to be patient.

- About a week and a half ago, I had company for the first time in the almost four years I've lived in this apartment. It was a nice, mellow time playing some games and relaxing. In preparation for this, I did a major overhaul to the apartment. A few days of intense cleaning. I put all but one of the puzzles on my walls in frames to make the place a little more presentable. I bought a new bed set because my old one was pretty ragged. In the end, my apartment now actually looks like a decent apartment. I'm very happy with it. With my floors usually covered with all kinds of crap, I forgot how freakin huge my apartment is. A sweet side effect of getting the new bed set is that after two years I'm sleeping on my bed again. The couch is getting a much needed break. I completely forgot how crazy comfy my bed is. I've actually managed to keep the place pretty clean, so I think I'm primed to have visitors a lot more often. Come on by. On the weekends, though, cause I'm hella busy during the week.

- I swear to freakin god that the second I can afford a car payment I'm getting a new(er) car. I've loved my car for a long time, but, like my couch, it requires a much needed vacation. In a junk yard. It still gets me from A to B ok, so I can't really complain, but when the body is somehow dented/bent in such a way that I can't open my passenger side door, it just ruins my day. I think I can fix it myself and am going to attempt it this weekend.

- In one final (I think) work-related dash, I'm working at Kenwood again in addition to AEGON. Monday through Thursday, I work 5-8 at Kenwood, meaning Monday through Thursday are 12 hour days. It hasn't been as tiring as I thought it may be so far. Kenwood, however, still sucks my will to live. I don't even want to get started on that. Let's just say I'm glad I'm the only one there during those hours.

- I think I'm in a fairly good place mentally. I'm generally in a much better mood than I used to be. I'm a lot more social (I think). Besides wanting to make a bit more money, life is decent. I think one thing many of you will be happy to know is that after two and a half years, I finally think enough time has passed to sufficiently make me good again. I'm not real sure what happened or when (although I think it was December-ish), but I think I'm FINALLY over it. Good, right?

I think that's all, but who knows. Wasn't as long as I thought it would be.