Work: So I have a new job! I am working as a lab aide at Inform Diagnostics. It's not as gross as my previous job, but still a lot of fun. There's a lot more variation in my day-to-day tasks, and I feel like I'm learning a lot more about lab work in general.
I'm currently working overnight shifts. It's awful. Mad respect for anyone who can handle it. The problem for me is not staying awake at work, it's being able to get adequate sleep on weekends to be able to do social things. I'm exhausted all day and can't sleep at night. Nope. As soon as a day position opens up, I'm out. I have dubbed people who work graveyard shift "bats" and I have joined their ranks. I'm a bat.
What does a lab aide do? A little bit of everything. Print slides, load staining machines and stain the slides, maintain the machines, get cases together to be scanned into the computer before being read, anything else that needs doing. We're the worker bees that do all of the in-between of the big steps that happen between the tissue arriving at the lab and ending up on the pathologist's microscope. Maybe I'll do a blog post on the life of a sample, it's pretty interesting (at least to a nerd like me), and I feel like it's a good thing to be informed what's happening rather than the lab just being that mysterious place that gives results.
Living Situation: I LOVE MY NEW APARTMENT. So, my former roommate, Katherine, is getting married, and I wish her and her fiance all the best. However, that means I no longer have a roommate. If you've followed me for a while, you would know that my apartment has....displeased me in many ways. From the bugs to the lack of decent parking to the fact that I lost heat three times and air conditioning twice, I have HAD IT. So, because I can afford it now that I have a steady income, I looked for an apartment by myself. And boy, did I luck out on this one. I love the floor plan, it's within my budget, and the amenities are reasonable. I'm not near a busy street, so it's nice and quiet, and I'm on the ground floor, which I have never had before.
So, how does one girl with one small car get her stuff moved? She calls friends. I signed my lease on Wednesday, then unloaded my packed car into my new place. Repeat with another carload on Thursday, and another on Friday. Then came the big day.
Let me give you the numbers. Four wonderful friends showed up. We loaded three cars and two trucks to the gills. And we got it all. In. One. Trip. The moving of my stuff could not have gone better. I took everyone who showed up for gourmet pizza afterwards, as is correct. You guys deserve it and I'm so grateful to have people who are willing to help me. Seriously, you guys are great.
My cat, on the other hand, made some trouble. She was crying, so I let her explore a bit and went to go get her food/litter from the car. I came back and she was gone. I looked in every nook and cranny of tgAt small apartment, walked around the outside multiple times, and called for her. The problem with finding Puff is that there is nothing that will tempt her out aside from me. She has no interest in treats or toys, she just wants me. She will come for cuddles and nothing else.
We had looked behind the fridge. Several times. The fridge is black, and Puff is mostly black. We had looked right at her and not seen her! The little twerp nearly gave me a heart attack. But I have her, and she seems to be settling in quite nicely.
All of that stuff is why I haven't had the proper combination of time and energy to blog, but as I get settled, I should stabilize a bit more and be able to update again. Until then, here's pictures of my new place!
I was entirely too excited that my new apartment has a bar. It's small, but I love it
My living room. I haven't gotten a TV yet, and it needs some nice wall art. It's getting there
My glorious kitchen. I have it laid out to maximize the small space and be easily accessible to my short self.
Not the best shot of my bedroom, but that closet is amazing. It's huge, and it holds everything. Including my cosplay.
When I lost my job just a few months ago, I was straight up not having a good time, bit now it's looking up. I may be a bat for now, bout you know what? I'm a happy bat.
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