I've been living in a new city for a little over two weeks now and I swear it's felt like a month.
Not in a bad way, it's just with my new job it's felt a lot longer. What they don't tell you about moving to a place that actually experiences summer is that it feels like the days drag longer. I guess that's what people are referring to when they say "long summer nights".

Except it's like...long summer days AND nights.

So like I said, I started a new job and it's going...well.

The thing no one tells you about working as on a sales team for a major clothing company in what is essentially a call center is that you will get more than exhausted talking to people every day. Luckily, during my training (of which I only have one more week of) I haven't had that many upset people to talk to. Everyone I have helped has been supremely nice and easy to accommodate. I was nervous at first, because I 1. hate talking on the phone and 2. hate having to deal with people but it's proving to be a really fun job...mostly because I don't have to talk to them face to face.

I've made ample friends who I wont see as frequently post-training because we all work different schedules and times but that doesn't mean I wont see them at all. I really like the people I have grown to know so far. I also managed to get a nice amount of positive feedback from people who take those post phone call surveys at the end which is nice....I even won a t-shirt for being a pretty good sales agent. And this is all JUST from training..I haven't even gotten into my full role yet. Needless to say, I am enjoying it...

Within the two weeks I also managed to land a role doing wardrobe for a short film. I latched onto this person in my training classes who does SFX makeup and we started talking about how I do costumes and things. She works for a haunted house and also mentioned she just got on a film. I got connected and here I am. I am a week away from getting my first experience on a film set of any kind doing the one job I REALLY want to do. I am over the moon! I will report back on that later.

One of the things I did that was completely new to me was going to my first state fair. I've lived close to Sacramento for YEARS but never once had I gone to the fair. Lucky for me, it landed shortly after my moving here and we made a point to go. Now, I wouldn't say it was AWFUL..but it was SO hot and it made it REALLY hard to enjoy it. The people were bleh but it was nice to see that state fairs are exactly what movies and shit make them out out to be. I can see how they're fun.

On the dating front, I am officially on Tinder. I have had an OkCupid account for a while not landing much in the Bay Area (then again, I wasn't trying) but now that I am trying to put myself out there, here I am. I have talked to a handful of people but I am finding it really hard to make the time to date. Between work (and being too tired and it being TOO hot to get motivated to do anything) and me about to be busy this week and over the weekend with the film, I just don't put the effort into making plans. Luckily, people are easy going so far and it hasn't been and issue.

When I am not working or hanging out with my roommates, I am in my room binge watching Supernatural on Netflix and reading fan fiction. I know, glamorous...but really these are my self care options right now until I start making my income to actually save and do things. I am slowly getting used to driving places. I know how to get to and from work without google maps and I can navigate to most of the stores and places I have frequented since. I have managed to find the local target (though it is under construction but still shoppable however it gives me hear palpitations because it's not one I am used to) which is really the only thing that brings me ease. Target, as most of you know, is my home planet. My home away from home. When I am stressed out, I pop in headphones and walk around Target. Sometimes I buy things, sometimes I don't. It's just...therapeutic.

My health insurance kicks in on the 1st which means it'll be time for me to try to find a therapist out here which I really need and miss. I am also going to get my check-up and shit because I am 30 now and am starting to feel the physical impacts of that...this bitch is getting old.

Lastly, my thirst for knowledge has been knocking at the door again. While I have zero desire to go back to school full time for any degree, I am considering taking some online classes just because. I'll report on that if I decide on anything.

 I have a lot of things I want and need to do so I plan to update here a bit more frequently as things progress. I am loving how everything is going so far and only being here two weeks I seem to have gotten a lot accomplished.

Go me.