Since starting my new job I’ve been just as busy as ever, but even more tired than ever.  I’m spending less time at work then I use to, but a lot of my work now is much more difficult then it use to be (physically and mentally) . . .  but it’s also more rewarding they it use to be as I’m learning a lot.  There’s a lot to get used to though.   

For instance, the last few weeks have seen me out of town more then all of last year combined . . . and that’s taken some getting used to.  I’ve been out on construction sites in various stages of completion, from ‘we’re getting patients into rooms a few hours after you leave’ to ‘when it rains, the water flows down the hall ways’.  All of them have been ridiculously hot, as in temps 99 to 101 (37C to 38C) with a heat index of 105 to 110 (40.5C to 43C).  Working in that brutal heat is tiring at the time, but even when I get back home it takes me a full day or two to recover (I’m just exhausted for at least 24 hours).  That’s new for me.  On the upside . . . I’m sweating off some weight ! 

I’m also learning a lot as I go.  Not just about cable management and building codes as we pull cable through construction sites and install security cameras in nursing homes, but about where the limit of my patience is.  I’m working with a lot of different people . . . some are fun to work with and some have found the limits of my patience.  All of which makes for a lot of welcome learning experiences . . . even if it’s learning  that I cant work with some people.  But it also leaves me with very little free time.  And what free time I do get . . . I’m usually recovering from the 10 hour days from earlier in the week or trying to learn Final Cut Pro 6. 

After having been out of town for several weeks, last week I was in the office learning to do quotes.  It’s slow going but a welcome change of pace from the blistering hot construction sites.  I’m learning as I go (which involves me asking my supivisor a question every 2 minutes), so it’s very slow going. I spent a week doing just one quote.  Now, this quote I got is a bit of a problem space as they want a medium cost video solution and have a LOT of ambient light  . . . so trying to find equipment that we sell and learn how to do the quote in the database and learn how to figure how much labor and cable we’re going to need is a lot to learn as I go . . . I’m a little frustrated at how slow this is going.  But I’m getting it bit by bit and I’ll get faster as I go.

This week I’m in Crestron training class, but that is for another post.

Just wanted to let everyone know I’m alive . . . just AFK a lot lately.