Figured I would do an update since I hadn't in a good while. I've settled in to my new job and it blows Walmart clear out of the water. Essentially what I do is break concrete cylinders, beams, and cubes in order to test their strength. When construction is occurring, the concrete mix used has to meet certain strength standards so I test them to see if they meet these standards. The best part though is how laid back everything is. For one, other than a bit of cleaning, busywork is non existent. If you get your work done, you can read, hang out, or do whatever, so long as you are available to get stuff done if it comes up. This comes into play for me a lot due to waiting for cylinders made at job sites to get brought in. The only downside is the commute as I get to drive 40 minutes to work in the morning and around an hour coming home due to Little Rock bumper to bumper traffic.

While I'm happy with work for the most part, I still can't help but think I can do more. I'm going to see if I can't get a GA with a professor so I can get a master's degree paid for. I think it's doable but I might need to go back and retake the GRE again but we'll see about all this. Heck, I might like my new job enough to stay a while but only time will tell.

On the squeak side of things, holy heck have I ever fallen in love with my big dragon friend. He's only been deflated twice so far. Once to be transported for fully inflated pictures, the other so I could fit 6 horses in my room. Other than that, he has his spot beside my bed and gets hugs and whatnot every day. What I will say though as he's made me into a paranoid draggy. Every time I give him a ride, I'm always a bit nervous he'll get a leak. On my smaller toys, it's not as big of a deal since I can usually find and fix them easily enough. Not so much on a big single chamber dragon. While he gets most of my room, my bed has room enough for another of my bigger toys usually. My palos both have their spot and are often snuggled as I sleep. My jets reindeer has also had some cuddle time as of late.

Finally, I've got to say I've been insanely lucky on the squeak side of things this past year. I started my collection about a year ago with an intex gecko and it's grown at a pace that I never would have believed. I was laying with my Fiora the other night and realized that "holy hell, I'm laying with a G&G horse with a PP dragon beside me", this actually happened. Hehe I also would have never thought I'd be taking my squeaks out in public with such frequency (or at all for that matter). I guess it's the difference a year in the squeak community makes I suppose.

I hope everything has been coming along for everyone else and I hope you guys have a good one!