I haven't lost much weight at my new job, but it is doing great things for my withered muscles!
As such, I will try and make this a long post to get caught up with everything that has been happening.
First up, the new job.
I've been working for Magnum for about five weeks now, started out boxing units for the first three weeks. Once I started boxing, I found out just how much variety there is in these units. The weigh anywhere from 10 or 15 pounds for the mini units (I think these are more for RVs) up to 70 pounds for the big boys. Most units are for sale for the US, but a selection is for Europe as well, and gets special stickers to show it.
A couple weeks ago I got moved to the final testing station, and that's what I've been doing since. This next week I will likely get moved to the "High Pot" station and get trained on that. Once I have been trained on that, we will start doing a revolving stations setup, so that no one will get stuck doing any one thing for an entire shift. I look forward to this.
The facility has its own mini gym on site for any employees who feel like working out over lunch/breaks, which is interesting.
Also, I am the oldest person in the shipping department. Not certain how that makes me feel.
Outside of work, things have been pretty quiet. We have been going to the Seattle Woodland Park Zoo on a regular basis, and picked up a membership on our first trip we liked it so much. Also, it is pretty inexpensive to visit/get a membership. It is a fairly large zoo, but the way it is laid out is very nice because it makes it feel like you have more space to yourself, with most of the popular exhibits spread out. We have taken lots of pictures, lol. Here are a few of our favorites. We all really like the wolves and bears. Every time we have visited the wolves have been hanging out right next to the fence.
Other than the zoo, last week we went to the local library where Isabeau and I got cards. Saffron got her very first library card as well! The library itself is really nice and the kids section has a large play area with toys to keep kids entertained.
As far as geekery goes....basically nada. What with working full time, I haven't had a lot of time to get out. Plus, what little free time we have, Isabeau and I would rather spend together right now. There will be time enough for geekery and all that.
I have been getting some painting done, however. I'll post pics of that later. Mostly working on my Orks. Bruce's Boyz just got reinforced with a couple purchases off ebay, in the form of a trio of Killa Kans, 5 Nobz, and a scratch built warbuggy (which was advertised as an ork truck, but is way to small, which is why no one else bid on it). I still have to paint my Stormboyz, Grots, assemble and paint my Trukk, the nobz, and the kans...I have a fair bit of orks...
That's all for now!
