During my third week at RCC, I was contacted by my group leader, and I went to the plant the next week (April 14th). I've been in building 801 in the five weeks since then, with the exception of a couple days in 802. Several people have expressed their confusion that I am working in the hybrid battery building (801) when I am intended to work in the electric battery building (803) where the machinery is completely different. I agree that it does not appear very logical, but I am happy to have the opportunity to become familiar with the industrial environment in a low-pressure situation. I did find out today that we will be working in 803 starting Wednesday.
What have I learned? I have become slightly familiar with HMIs (human-machine interfaces) which are used to operate the machinery. I've become acquainted with the operations of several pumps. The beginning of the battery-making process, which we call electrode, has become very familiar to me because that is where I have been working. Despite some negativity, I still hear that Toyota is a great company that offers many potential avenues of success. Frustrations with bureaucratic processes continue to emerge, particularly because I have yet to receive a company device with which I could be contributing and fulfilling more duties, but these are completely within expectations.
Bible memory continues apace. I have started memorizing Romans 10. Most mornings on the way to work I listening to Romans 5-10 and try to say it along with the recording. This has helped retention considerably, although I'm not sure that I could say it without the recording in its entirety. I will have to devise another test or aid to reach the highest level of memorization--unprompted recitation.
As for other side pursuits, my interest in Satisfactory petered out, then I played a bullet heaven game for a couple of weeks. Now I'm revisiting the idle Kittens Game, but otherwise trying to avoid video games. I would like to read a visual novel to improve my Japanese, though. For the past few weeks I have been doing better about exercising, too. I jogged/walked all the way from the house to the car repair place, and that accomplishment inspired me to challenge myself more in that area. I haven't made much progress with the theology books or the historical narrative that is our next book club book, but I intend to change that in the near future. Oh, I watched a cooking video earlier today and was wowed by the person's knife skills. Developing my knife skills would decrease the time it takes to cook things considerably, so I intend to pursue this improvement.
I have given up liquor almost entirely, but in its place I've been drinking beer. It's harder to drink too much beer, but unfortunately I have been drinking it too often. It has probably been affecting my sleep, so I'm going to give it up, at least for a while. In its place, I ordered some tea. I intend to make tea my guilty indulgence, which is at least half the reason I drink beer--I feel like I deserve something indulgent at the end of a workday/workweek.
Wow, all that before I finally get to the topic that has been of greatest concern to me for the past weeks: the problem of housing. Honestly, in my price range, I haven't seen any house that fits my requirements. I've looked at seven houses, and the two that I think I could live with still present some serious concerns. Honestly, I would rather buy land and customize, but I feel that at this point I know so little about homeownership that doing so would be too overwhelming. Plus, going that way seems like it might become more expensive than I can handle, because there are so many disparate costs required before the house is even viable. I have only looked seriously for about a month, but already I want to throw up my hands in frustration. I think my next step should be talking to an acquaintance who is more knowledgable about this sort of thing.
