Day one.

First day in my new job. It seems easy enough so far. Just memorising routines etc. Feedback at the end of the day was very positive. My trainer pulled me up on very little and seemed more than happy with my work so far. I definitely need another eye test though. It’s been a very long time since I needed to look at anything this closely. I’m using both my everyday and magnifying reading glasses. Having to switch between the two is bugging. It’s weird working in this environment again after so long despite it being quite familiar too. Sat in my car, pondering this new chapter, I wonder how this year will pan out?

Day four:

The last few days have gone pretty well. 99% of my feedback has been great. I just need to be more aware of my surroundings. Solder pasted circuit boards are so easy to smudge. Sub millimetre components are so hard to hand place! The staff seem friendly enough. It’s a very relaxed atmosphere here. One of the office ladies worked in the vaccination program too so it was nice to have a small connection with someone.

Sat in my car like every lunchtime now, I’m still wondering what the next months will hold. Pay day here is the middle of the month which is new. At least I won’t have to wait until the end of March. The thought occurs however, that I might not get a full month given that I started this week. Time will tell.

Day five.

So I’ve nearly complete my first week in this new job. By all accounts it seems like I’m smashing it in everything I’ve tried so far. I’ve not smudged a pasted board since yesterday morning. I think I’m getting the hang of not being so bloody clumsy.

Russia invaded Ukraine yesterday. Full on. Flashbacks to both gulf wars. I remember rewatching the news when both of them broke out. It’s sickening. Even civilians have been targeted. Putin threatened to react in a way we “have never before seen in your history.” Wow. How full on are we going to get. All joking about ww3 aside, it’s precarious to say the least. Coming from a Navy town, I know what will be targeted if the worst happens. It’ll be decimated along with most of the south coast.

A week later and the war in Ukraine has intensified. What has the world come to?

It’s Saturday afternoon now. I was on Zoom until 5am. I didn’t even join until 2am. My musical compadre came around and we watched Machine Heads happy hour while discussing Robb’s annoying habit of using slightly different tunings depending on the album/song. I found it amusing that Robb was using standard 440Mhz tuning last night.

I’ve now done two weeks at this new job. I still seem to be progressing well. They have the radio on there. Fortunately I can’t hear it too well. A few times, a trigger song has come on but I’ve been able to zone out from them. So far so good then. Let’s see what week three holds…