First Week at Work

There are only two hours left of my first week working at Invensys. It's a little crazy that I have gotten to this point. A full time position, real work and no going back to a full time student in a few weeks. It's a little slow this week still trying to figure out what the company does and the products and the software to go with the hardware. There are so many different software packages plus the diffferent versions and updates and configurations. It's a little intense. Specially because all the different types get thrown at me, where people here end up specializing so they end up knowing two or three types really well. I'm still trying to figure out where being a chemical engineer fits in. Not that I have any real idea what a chemical engineer is supposed to do anyways.

And then there is all the pressure of not wanting to screw up, but I have no work at the moment. I almost was falling asleep at my desk because I have nothing to do, but then this guy Jeff came around with the Friday coffee run and that helped a lot. And I realized I could start up this blog again in the hopes of trying to document exactly what I'm doing with my life.

This week I "solved" four cases, one about a letterbug pda, IA quickfix, historian timestamp, and user settings. It is fun to figure out the problem, make sure it's a problem by testing it out on the systems here and then hunt down the information and make it into something helpful for the customer. But the best part of working in this department is definitely the people. Everyone is really friendly and helpful. I really want to do well here so maybe I'll get asked back in 2 years. And by the way that's crazy to think that this program is 2 years long, that seems like a really long time and short time at the same time!

It's been a little lonely moving here, not that I had tons of friends before but now there really isn't an option to hang out with the people I have known. Hopefully I can find a nice place to knit this weekend. And meet people through that. Also, trivia Tuesday night with the older rotational engineers should be fun. Slowly but surely I'll make a good life for myself here. I am also going into Boston next weekend with Jim and then the Cape with family the weekend after. And then hopefully Cal will be visiting and possibly people from camp next year. So exciting stuff with happen!

I also need to start knitting again at night and work on some new socks and finish my teddy bear for Shannon's son and maybe to show Cathie. Who know's she might sell them for me?! Working out in the morning will also be a good idea. I've been good about eating healthy, only eating out for Friday lunches and making healthy stuff. So hopefully I can get into shape and feel and look great. Now I just need to find a great guy to share this all with. I know I should figure life out on my own, being single and indepent, it's just so lonely not having friends along with being single. And of course it seems to be pretty easy to get some random hook ups in there, even though I know that won't actually make me feel better or less lonely in the long run.

Well that's it for now, maybe more next Friday? Or after this weekend...