Weekendery and Day Jobbery
Jun. 12th, 2022 05:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jon_chaissonToday's weather has been very weird. It started off extremely foggy and 100% humidity -- you could feel the condensation in the air as we walked over to the bank and then to get lunch -- but now it's a relatively nice 65% and a slightly cloudy sky. Such is the way with living in the Richmond District. And it's been pretty much the same over the last couple of days: wet and damp in the morning and clearish by afternoon. Which is actually quite nice when I'm doing a morning shift at the job.
Speaking of the day job: yes, I've been there for a few months now and I'm still enjoying it! I suppose once I realized this job is about complementing our income instead of propping it up, a lot of that stress went away. (And yes, I am still QUITE aware at that bit of economical privilege.) The job does have its facepalming moments, but it also has quite a lot of enjoyable ones as well. I's actually quite nice to see some of our regulars pop in every other day or so to chat! I very much prefer this over the office atmosphere, to be honest.
The bookkeeping duties continue apace, and I even got a "you're doing an awesome job" from the store's assistant manager the other day! Funny how that means a lot more to me than getting the occasional 'attaboy' pat on the back at the FDJ...I think because I know they really mean it here and aren't merely quoting Talking To Your Minions for Dummies. It's not the hardest of jobs and I'm definitely using my past experience to show that I can do it with very little monitoring, and I think they really appreciate that.
Meanwhile on the writing front...I think I'm sliding into that 'Oh gods when will this revision process end' mindset and I really must chase it away. I'm still working on some important scenes in Theadia, and it occurs to me that I still need to insert a few more new things here and there to make it work better.
I've also had a bit of fun recently rereading some of my trunked and backburner projects, and coming to the conclusion that maybe I can in fact resurrect some of them. Not in an 'I miss this project, maybe it'll be fun' but in a 'wow yeah I know exactly how to fix this now' way, which is definitely a good thing. It's definitely a mix of personal and professional maturity as well as gaining a bit of experience (and maybe a bit of reading a lot more in related genres over the years). There's also the fact that I did not get that "drop everything and work on THIS now" feeling (which I sometimes get in this situation), instead thinking that maybe this could be my next project once I'm caught up. Worth looking into, at any rate.
One last thing: I finally remembered why I'd switched from the keyboard that came with this PC with the Logitech one I bought a year or so later: it has some serious system-side sticky key issues. I'm thinking it's because I have so many other things plugged into USB ports here that the keyboard and mouse are fighting for importance, and the old keyboard just noped out of that argument. The Logitech duo is plugged back in and working just fine.
...and that's what's been going on here in Spare Oom the last few weeks! Hope everyone has a nice week ahead!
Speaking of the day job: yes, I've been there for a few months now and I'm still enjoying it! I suppose once I realized this job is about complementing our income instead of propping it up, a lot of that stress went away. (And yes, I am still QUITE aware at that bit of economical privilege.) The job does have its facepalming moments, but it also has quite a lot of enjoyable ones as well. I's actually quite nice to see some of our regulars pop in every other day or so to chat! I very much prefer this over the office atmosphere, to be honest.
The bookkeeping duties continue apace, and I even got a "you're doing an awesome job" from the store's assistant manager the other day! Funny how that means a lot more to me than getting the occasional 'attaboy' pat on the back at the FDJ...I think because I know they really mean it here and aren't merely quoting Talking To Your Minions for Dummies. It's not the hardest of jobs and I'm definitely using my past experience to show that I can do it with very little monitoring, and I think they really appreciate that.
Meanwhile on the writing front...I think I'm sliding into that 'Oh gods when will this revision process end' mindset and I really must chase it away. I'm still working on some important scenes in Theadia, and it occurs to me that I still need to insert a few more new things here and there to make it work better.
I've also had a bit of fun recently rereading some of my trunked and backburner projects, and coming to the conclusion that maybe I can in fact resurrect some of them. Not in an 'I miss this project, maybe it'll be fun' but in a 'wow yeah I know exactly how to fix this now' way, which is definitely a good thing. It's definitely a mix of personal and professional maturity as well as gaining a bit of experience (and maybe a bit of reading a lot more in related genres over the years). There's also the fact that I did not get that "drop everything and work on THIS now" feeling (which I sometimes get in this situation), instead thinking that maybe this could be my next project once I'm caught up. Worth looking into, at any rate.
One last thing: I finally remembered why I'd switched from the keyboard that came with this PC with the Logitech one I bought a year or so later: it has some serious system-side sticky key issues. I'm thinking it's because I have so many other things plugged into USB ports here that the keyboard and mouse are fighting for importance, and the old keyboard just noped out of that argument. The Logitech duo is plugged back in and working just fine.
...and that's what's been going on here in Spare Oom the last few weeks! Hope everyone has a nice week ahead!
