Celeb!

So...I finally had my first poker celebrity sighting on Saturday. I dealt for Steve Dannenmann!

Getting in the groove

Well, I think I'm more or less starting to get (back?) into the rhythm of working. Not that they make it easy, mind you...I've found that there's basically no predicting when I'll be getting out of work, and that's even when my start times are consistent, forget about the differing start times I've got for this gig. I've found that, despite my hopes, on basically any given day I can hit the bus schedules just wrong, so I've been wasting an incredible amount of time on commutes. I have, though, taken to hitting up the jitneys for transportation; they run a hell of a lot more often than the NJ Transit buses, so they sometimes save my bacon when I get released from work at some inconvenient time and I need to make a connecting bus back home. In a nutshell, if I have the chance to thumb two bucks and save myself two hours of downtime, then yes, I'll take that deal. :)

Today I took an early out, so I got to make reasonable time back home, and now I've bought myself a little free time and a chance to poke around online. I forgot to mention this before, but while I'm working I'm on a reduced LJ diet. I created the filter a while back, and I can't remember exactly the criteria I set for what I'm reading, but...chances are good that if we hang out in real life, I'm still reading you. I basically cut out my feeds and that kinda stuff when I need to spend less reading blogs. Still...can't cut it out completely, you know. This is, like, my substitute for having friends. ;)

Anyway. Things are progressing well at the gig. I'm done with the Sunday shift, so now only three nights left. I'm already realizing I'm going to miss it. Even though the logistics were a pain, it was still nice to have somewhere to go and something to do. I'm just now feeling like I'm getting the hang of things over there, and soon it's going to end. Ah, well. The big question is whether the beginning of my next gig will be off to as rickety a start as this one was. :) I'm hoping not. :) Anyway, though...it's clear I need to work more on my dealing skillz, and I'm sad that this opportunity to do so is coming to an end. That said...hopefully there will be another opportunity somewhere not to far off up ahead, and truth be told, it'll be nice to have a little time off. Sadly, I guess I have nothing to look forward to during my time off except waiting for my payday from this gig. :) We shall see.

So, yeah...I was going to try not to go to bed too early today just because I'm home; the earlier I hit the sack, the harder it is to deal with my end-of-shift shenanigans in the wee hours the next day. Getting pretty sleepy, though, so...we'll see. I remember on Saturday's shift I felt I was doing things pretty poorly toward the end. I started to get a little depressed about it; I worry about being no good at things. But I think I was probably just tired; today's shift went really well, and I was happy with how I performed, for the most part. It's probably not coincidental that all this good feeling came on a day where I didn't put in a full shift. ;) So...we'll see how tomorrow goes. I have to say...I'm tempted to take early outs when given the opportunity, even if it means giving up wages. Not sure that's the smartest way to go, but it's good for my soul. Dig it.

And now...the weather

Almost forgot...it snowed tonight. I fucking love that! I stood out in it waiting for the bus. Snow is the best.