Wednesday is the day my co-worker, Robert, has off each week. On that day I have to help out with his duties, on top of my own. This week, he's on vacation all week. So every day is like Wednesday, even Friday, which I'm working as an over-time day. It's like a week-long hump. Like climbing a hill and not getting to coast down the other side. I used to not mind these 50 hour weeks and the paychecks they induce. But last year, we had half of our department quit/transfer/die all at once, and I had to work 50-70 hour weeks for several months. That just burned me out on the OT thing. Now, even as I have 2 co-workers on vacation, another is transferring, and still another has interviewed for a transfer that he hasn't heard back from. So, it could be like last year all over again, which I would absolutely dread. I think I'd look to transfer, myself, in that case. This job has become difficult. Not because of the job itself, that's easy. In fact, it's too easy. That's the problem. It has become so simple and tedious that it fails to engage most of my mind. And, since my mind is one that doesn't shut down or tune out, that means that I'm constantly being distracted by more engaging activities, like, I dunno, posting to my blog for example. I've never considered myself to be a sufferer of ADD (Although I have long suffered from AD&D), but I think I can understand what it is like to be unable to force yourself to focus on uninteresting things.


I'm considering moving. Not away from San Diego, just yet, but simply to get more space and reduce my commute. Robert's mother is renting out an apartment that he showed me last night that would almost double the amount of space I have available to me without increasing my rent. It would also reduce my commute from 20+ minutes to 5. Those are some pretty imposing pros, now the cons: It's kind of a dumpy old place, although it's being re-floored, re-carpeted, re-cabineted, re-painted, etc. Parking is limited. I think it comes with two spots, but having visitors might be difficult. It's a hotter part of town, too. But all in all, I'm leaning heavily towards getting it. They've got a couple more months of work to do on it, so I have some time to decide. I've talked to Mike, my current roommate, about coming with me, and he wants to check it out. The thing this all really hinges on is whether or not I can find a viable roommate in time.