General
I started my new job on Monday, and it has been a whirlwind since then! I've been really trying to put my best foot forward, not just to make a good impression at work, but also as thanks to God for providing me with this opportunity-- all work aligned with His will is sanctified. As a result though, I've been putting in long days-- add to that the commute, and it's been a "leave in the morning in the pitch black, come home at sunset" kind of deal.
Then last night I helped with an unusual "Founding Feast" Mass for my church-- I just sort of jumped in, got everything prepped for the Mass and for Father, put on the alb and served, plus did all of the lectoring. But I didn't get home from that until well after 21:00 last night-- so I was "going" straight from 5:30 to 21:30, straight from work to church to bed.
Tonight though I'm hoping to play some "EA Sports FC 26", then watch an episode or two of "BFDI" with my daughter after she gets home from work. The wife is also picking up my birthday cake tonight-- I turn forty-four tomorrow-- so we'll probably watch the episodes while eating said cake.
As for work, I'll write more when I have more mental energy, feeling very tired right now-- haven't been sleeping well, but I think that will improve as I get into the new groove. It's a super cool company though, I'm extremely happy with how their systems integrate, the people there, the culture, and so forth. A+ company. I get along super well with my boss, which is a huge positive as well. I've spent the past three days teaching myself the underlying technologies, I think I have it mostly down now.
I do feel like actual work is a little light however. But it's literally a brand new team we're forming, and I'm member two-- which will give me a ton of influence over how our processes get formed. We have a third member starting in a month or two. I'm very excited to be on the ground floor of this new team, tomorrow I'm going to work with our IT Director on getting a project set up in their Azure DevOps instance, and work with my boss to start defining user stories. I might take on the hat of being pseudo-project manager, since I have a passion for that.
More to come in future days!
Then last night I helped with an unusual "Founding Feast" Mass for my church-- I just sort of jumped in, got everything prepped for the Mass and for Father, put on the alb and served, plus did all of the lectoring. But I didn't get home from that until well after 21:00 last night-- so I was "going" straight from 5:30 to 21:30, straight from work to church to bed.
Tonight though I'm hoping to play some "EA Sports FC 26", then watch an episode or two of "BFDI" with my daughter after she gets home from work. The wife is also picking up my birthday cake tonight-- I turn forty-four tomorrow-- so we'll probably watch the episodes while eating said cake.
As for work, I'll write more when I have more mental energy, feeling very tired right now-- haven't been sleeping well, but I think that will improve as I get into the new groove. It's a super cool company though, I'm extremely happy with how their systems integrate, the people there, the culture, and so forth. A+ company. I get along super well with my boss, which is a huge positive as well. I've spent the past three days teaching myself the underlying technologies, I think I have it mostly down now.
I do feel like actual work is a little light however. But it's literally a brand new team we're forming, and I'm member two-- which will give me a ton of influence over how our processes get formed. We have a third member starting in a month or two. I'm very excited to be on the ground floor of this new team, tomorrow I'm going to work with our IT Director on getting a project set up in their Azure DevOps instance, and work with my boss to start defining user stories. I might take on the hat of being pseudo-project manager, since I have a passion for that.
More to come in future days!