Starting to settle

I now feel as if I'm settling into the whole work routine thing. Although I've been able to go to bed early and sleep straight away and wake early, there has still been the extreme mood swings. For example, on Tuesday I felt wierd in that I felt tensed up and restless, and couldn't think straight. On Wednesday I felt good, normal. On Thursday, I once again felt like on Tuesday, except worse! On Friday (yesterday) I felt good again! I just hope I get to where I feel consistently good, instead of this randomness. A big plus is that I no longer feel tired during the day - a very big plus!

As for the job, it's going fine so far. we've had 2 weeks of training with another 2 to go. The training itself is undemanding and the trainers are pretty laid-back, usually letting us away early. I'm in with a good crowd of people, and get on with just about anyone and have made a few good friends. Nearly everyone is very chatty and extrovert, so that's a good thing as far as I'm concerned. On Wednesday we had "storm training" in the ScottishPower place in Cathcart, which is a whole lot better than the Citypoint building in the city centre. On Thursday we were in the fancy Moathouse hotel (beside SECC) to learn more about telephone manner. We were given a free buffet and an infinite supply of coffee, from vending machines which put Costa and Starbucks to shame! On Friday it was back to Citypoint where at one point we listened in to live calls for 2 hours which was interesting.

One thing I'm becoming concerned about is that I've been smoking a lot recently. As most of my friends at work are smokers, I've got a tendency to go outside for a smoke at break times. I really don't want to become properly addicted and might have to go cold turkey soon, and rid myself of the evil weed! I can see how easy it is though for people to start, just for something to do at break time. I've always been partial to a ciggy when drinking but I may try to give that up also. I've been neglecting the gym also and intend to start going 3 times a week, now that I'm getting used to the routine of getting up in the morning and no longer feel tired during the day.

I'm back in Prestwick at the moment. Was out after work last night to the pub with some colleagues, then down to Ayr to see the girlfriend (which unfortunately meant ending up in Club de Mar). Got a bit of a hangover today but should be going round to her place tonight to watch films. I'll probably head back up to Glasgow tomorrow, and probably end up playing Pro Ev 4 all day or some similar mindless activity.