Its been...um...a month and a half I guess now since I started the job as previously mentioned. I'm out of the classroom and now have two weeks of ground control position training under my belt. Officially I have somewhere around 12 hours on Clearance Delivery/Flight Data and 12 on Ground Control. Really I have 24 hours worth of training, but I have to split the time between the positions, despite that I work them all at once. Its fun though. I've found that the busier it gets the more excited I get. Maybe not at the moment I realize it, but when I look back on it later I can't help but think I have more fun when its like that. Signs you picked the right job I believe. That and I haven't had a single day yet where I didn't want to go to work, can't say that about any of the jobs I've held previously.
My schedule is a bit hectic, and certainly doesn't lend itself well to a social life. My week starts on Thursday with a swing shift (1400-2200). This continues on Friday and then Saturday I have a quick turn to pick up the morning shift (0700-1500) and this continues on till my regular days off on Tuesday/Wednesday. So, not a whole lot going on for me on the Friday/Saturday nights. Not that I know of what to do around here on those nights anyway...
Recently the weather has turn a bit foul and cold for it, but in the previous weeks I was able to squeeze a few hikes into my days off. One on Mt. Spokane where I got marvelously lost and ended up basically climbing the mountain, but hey it was good exercise. Then a week or two later I went to Riverside State Park and had a great time, as pictured below.
This weekend I just relaxed at home. As I said the weather turned for the worse and looks like its going to stay like that for a while. At least the temperature will be coming up a bit next week. I may not update for a bit because life is a bit dull at the moment. Basically I'm just working and slowly buying the things I need for the apartment while paying off some debts. Fun times.
