It’s Monday. Woo. And here I am at the end of my day actually writing. Double woo!

I shoveled snow with Ox yesterday. We even did some work in the addition. It’s going to be a long process. I’m hoping as we get small things done, momentum will build because there will be visual progress. Here’s to hoping.

It was nice being able to do things with Ox other than computer games or sleeping. It was nice to be up and moving around rather than going crazy because it was yucky outside and I couldn’t go anywhere. 

I put two more puzzles together with Mama Ox and Lil’ Ox. That was fun. Did some prep work for things I wanted to get accomplished Monday (today). I also finished Atomic Habits by James Clear. It was a good book. I still have some chapters to take notes on. My plan is to finish my note-taking throughout the week. 

This morning I woke up, let my car heat up, then stopped at Target before going to the apartment for work. I needed a few things for meal prep. Once at the apartment I set up my new keyboard and mouse.

Going to have an introverted geek moment real quick… My new keyboard is sooooo quiet. Soooooo quiet! It’s amazing. Best keyboard ever!

Training for work was pretty uneventful this morning. I’m ahead of the other people in my group so the trainers let me do my own thing while they focused on others who needed more one-on-one time. I’ve found a lot of different “new hire” activities. I also have done a lot of “Professional Development” computer courses because I have nothing else to do and I don’t want to sit around doing nothing.

The Professional Development stuff is actually pretty cool. A lot of the ones I’ve been doing center around Emotional Intelligence and such. It’s a fun way to spend my downtime.

After lunch, my class was in “ready” status, which means we were in the queue to take calls. I got one… one call… all day… Not really complaining. I still have mild anxiety when I take a call since I’m all new and stuff. At the same time, I know I’m not going to get over my anxiety until I take more calls and prove to myself I can do this job without dying because for whatever reason answering the phone is terrifying. #INFJ_Problems

I found out John has covid. That news sucked but it wasn’t the end of my world like when I found out about Jason and his wife. Maybe because I went through this scare once already I was better able to handle the news. I think it also helps that John’s a 15-minute drive from the apartment.

Because I didn’t go to his New Years Eve party, which caused him to be pissed at me, I wasn’t exposed, so I was able to pick him up Dayquil and Nyquil. I think he’s reconsidering the whole being pissed at me thing…

I was able to leave the meds for him and his partner on the front porch. We were able to wave to each other. I don’t know… seeing him up and moving around made him having covid not as scary. Don’t get me wrong, he looks and sounds miserable, but he isn’t a billion miles away. I do think that helps keep my fear in check. 

After I was done being an amazing sister, supplying loved ones with drugs, I got a bunch of cleaning done at the apartment. I have a bag of stuff for Goodwill again. I finished cooking not too long ago. I haven’t finished my cross stitch like I was hoping to. I didn’t start my new puzzle either. I guess I’m alright with that, though. Today has been a decent day overall. 

I did find out my health insurance is expired… I have to call HR and figure that out tomorrow. I got my new eye insurance card set up. I rescheduled the dentist appointment I had. Originally I made it while I was working at DaVita. Since my schedule is drastically different now, I had to change the time. 

I talked to my cessation coach. Things are going well in that department. I’ve been keeping my cigarettes in the car while I’m at the apartment. If I want to smoke I have to go down three flights of stairs, smoke outside in the cold, then come back up. I can’t get them unless I’m on a break since I can’t be away from the computer that long. That helps cut a lot out because fuck stairs. Oh. And cold, snowy bullshit… yeah, fuck that, too.

I have some thank you cards I need to write. I already pulled the cards out so I can take care of those tomorrow. 

The morning routine I outlined yesterday went fairly well today. Not perfect since I didn’t start out at the apartment, but I was able to get nearly everything done, so that’s a good feeling. Lots of green marks from all of the tasks I accomplished. I’m mostly through the evening stuff, too. More good feelings. 

Since I have about an hour before bedtime, I’m going to go for now. Maybe I’ll be able to sneak in a bit of stitching. At the very least some reading. That would be a nice way to end everything; some quiet personal time.