I truly tried to relax and clear my mind and drift off to sleepy dream land. There are just so many thoughts going through my head. I figure rather than toss and turn for another hour I might as well clear it all out the best way I know. Write it out. I wholeheartedly believe in writing as therapy.
We'll start with work. The past two days have been middle of the road to great with my training. I have come to grips with the fact that it is not humanly possible for us to cover everything that she wants to before the end of the day on Friday. At this point, that really doesn't bother me. I think I have a pretty firm grasp on the critical stuff (plus a ton of extraneous stuff) so I should be fine. Plus there is always historical material I can fall back on.
The most interesting part of this transition from here on will be the moving. This will be my second desk change since I started. I am actually really stoked about this move. My last move put me over with all the leads and the supervisor; which has been nice. I love them all and the supervisor and I get along famously. The reality is that whomever they hire to back fill my desk will need to be where I was (right next to the segment lead) while he/she is in training. I am happy that I will get to sit next to the other customer service reps again. It's been a little weird for me because I have been sort of removed from the team with where my desk currently is and it will be good to get to socialize with them more.
The only awkward part of the desk move left is figuring out when my trainer is moving all her stuff to her new cubicle in her new department. I have to coordinate my move with having the desk raised, my keyboard tray installed, and relocating a shelf and some filing cabinets. So, after her stuff is moved I have to have facilities come to make the changes and then move all my stuff. I also need to measure the height difference between our two desks and figure out what stuff she is taking versus leaving, but I don't want to be uncouth and pushy about it, you know? I figure (assuming I am not given further information beforehand) I will find out Thursday or Friday.
Now onto the real move.
We heard that our file came back from the USDA today. We should be signing in the next day or two, and might even have keys by Friday. Wouldn't that be a fucking kick in the pants?! Feels like we have been at this and waiting forever.
This amazingly wonderful news is the main reason I am having trouble getting to sleep. I am working in my head to coordinate everything from getting the Uhaul to our housewarming party. I know, I know, I'm good at making more work for myself. We figured we would have a big(small) get together not only as an informal housewarming but also to celebrate the little monster's first birthday. It will be very laid back, and honestly, with having been married for almost ten years and living on our own for almost seven, we kind of have everything. If anything, we are asking the guests for gift cards to Lowe's so we can make the minor cosmetic fixes that need to be done.
I am working through in my head coordinating any helpers we have, including a family member that has agreed to watch the little one on moving day. Since we have an appointment in the afternoon on moving day, I plan to get shit going as early as I can. If we do get keys before this weekend we plan to take a couple car loads of boxes over and I plan to vacuum and wipe everything down. Since they are forecasting amazing weather for this time of year I am also hoping I can at least get a good start on taking out the rotting deck in the back yard. Given that the person who put it in only used one, maybe two, screws per board it really shouldn't take to long to pull them out and stack the boards.
But again, might be getting ahead of myself.
I do know that I am going to take a half day the day before we move to get as much laundry and such done here at the current place. We still need to get a washer and a dryer and I am hoping we can hold out until Black Friday sales are going on, but we shall see. I am also taking the Monday off after we move so I can work on getting everything settled and also so I can be available to spend some time at the new daycare to help with that transition. I think my little monster will handle it just fine, but I still want to be there to support her through this move.
It's just a huge relief for the finish line to finally be more definite. For a while we feared we wouldn't be moving until the weekend before Thanksgiving.
And also, it feels great to be this close to the finish line with my training. It will be nice to be back at my machine working rather than watching someone with a very disjointed thought process try to work. All said, I plan to get her a thank you card for all her "help and support" in my transition.
I think this helped... I am going to try and lay down now and get some sleep. I'm sure there were other thoughts I had to share, but I need to take advantage of this drowsiness while I can.
Have a good night!
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