So I actually have a list of things I have thought of that I want to blog about, but I left it at work. [It just so happens that I have big boring meetings in Australia, just like home, where I doodle and come up with things that are more useful in other aspects of my life.]
But since I'm already on the subject of work, let's start there. Today I actually surprised myself when I uttered the following words: "I am having fun." I even caught myself just as the words finished their journey from my grey matter to my lips and took a millisecond's worth of a pause to realise the weight of what I was about to say. I think it's been a long time since I've actually had fun at work. Sure, over the past couple years, there have been plenty of times where work was, say, "less suck" - but it's been a while since I've actually had fun.
It hasn't been all fun since the day I got here, though. Day one was usual administrative stuff. Day two through seven-ish were full of panic as I realised I was in waaaaay over my head, surrounded by a bunch of people who are smarter than me [I think 7 of the 10 people I work with have their PhDs]. Here I am, a chemical engineer who almost failed the chemistry part, being shoved head first into a bunch of scary chemistry. And I don't mean scary because there's going to be a test - scary because of the nature of the chemistry. Fortunately, I haven't been forced to show how utterly inept at lab work I am because I took a different project by the horns and have run with it. And that's where the fun has kicked in. Sure it sounds boring when I admit I've been calibrating a fan bank, but trust me, it's been a pretty good time. And hopefully it stays this way.
-EP
Glad to hear that Government meetings are just as boring in other countries! :)
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