These past few days I've been training for a position as a baker. It's nice to be actually making things rather than simply packaging them and dealing with the customers. It was also such a self-confidence booster to be offered the promotion after only five days. There were a couple people who really went to bat for me and I'm grateful beyond words that people could feel so strongly after knowing me for only a few days. The new position is very physical and regularly requires lifting heavy things. I'm thankful that I'm strong and sturdy, even if I do have what a certain someone always referred to as a 'peasant's body'. There is also a whole new skill set involved when baking on a large scale that is very different from baking at home. Yesterday I went through nearly four hundred pounds of batter in six hours. I even created by own kind of muffin, Oatmeal Rum Raisin, that the supervisor approved to go on the floor. The man who is training me, Ralphie, is wonderful. We already joke around and tease each other while working. He's also shown me a lot of tricks that make the job easier and faster. And I've met quite a few people who have the potential to be friends. Things at work are going well, even if a part of me pines for more time at home and more time with my special someone. There are of course many hours in a day and we do see each other quite a lot. Too often though one or both of us is coming or going. We always do seem to make some time before we sleep to talk or to just hold each other.
"Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up."
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400 pounds of batter seems like an enormous amount. I have this visual of you being swept through the store on a rogue wave rising yeast dough. Blessings abound