One week down, 51 to go

So I finished my first week of work this week and I can say with utmost certainty that it is by far the absolute most boring job I've ever done in my entire life.  I'm in the data analysis field as a "business analyst."  Roughly what that means is that I extract information from a spreadsheet, plug it into a plethora of different programs, then put some new information into the spreadsheet. It is so so so so so repetitive... I honestly don't know how I'm going to make it another 51 weeks to fulfill my contract.

On the plus side of the job-- flex hours. I can go in anywhere from 6-9am and be done 8 hours after that. THat means I can be done as early as 2pm which gives me the rest of the afternoon to do whatever. I've been going in between 7 and 7:30 and getting out between 3 and 3:30.  Pretty good I'd say.  The other nice thing about it is that it's not a job that I take home with me. After I leave the campus, I don't have to think about it until I return for another mind numbing session the next day.

Also in the positive column is going to be income.  It's nice to not be burning through savings with no sort of replenishment. First paycheck is next Friday.  Aaaaaaaaaaaaand....what else. The people are nice. One lives right down the street from me so we'll start carpooling which'll save money. So yeah...trying to stay positive. haha

In other, much more exciting, news, Bent was here last week and half of this week.  It was great to host a bunch of people and do stuff before work started, and then, after work.  We did some good hiking at Eldorado State Park, went to brew pubs and different kinds of restaurants, and I watched them play a lot of the tournament until it got rained out.  It was nice to see some of my favorite ladies and make some new friends. :)  Kept me sane. Haha.  Don't know what I'm going to do next week...  Check out some of the pictures of the hike on my google+ page HERE.  Till next time,

j

so many things to say...

First of all...right after i wrote that last post, I got a job! Level 3 called me and offered me a position on a team that tracks their rental inventory. If for absolutely no other reason, I'm pretty pumped about it because I was getting bored sitting around at home doing nothing. Haha.  Income is a beautiful thing though.

As a signing bonus to myself, I went out and bought a TV, stand,  and a sound bar.  The apartment is pretty damn sweet at this point.  A few more things and it'll be completely decked out.  At this point, I mostly just need things on the walls. Oh yeah...and cable. That would help on the entertainment front. RIght now, it's a giant computer monitor and something to watch movies on.  To be honest, I might be happy with it being just that...

In other news, I went hiking today.  Drove up to Boulder to scope out the flatirons where I plan on taking the five Bent ladies who are coming out to Denver early.  I wanted to make sure that 1. I could get there without getting lost (I got lost) and 2. that it was actually a doable section of the flatirons.  The nice part about this stretch is that there are a ton of intersecting trails, so we can make the hike as long or as short as we want.  It started to rain though so I didn't get as much in as I would have liked. Fortunately I'll be there again on Friday.  :) Anyway, I'll leave you with one of the pictures I took while on the hike.

j