I made it through two weeks at my new job and it’s safe to say my brain is officially fried. The good news is that I think I am really going to like this job. The potentially bad news is that everyone there is so excited about the company, and there is so much to do, that I could easily be putting in 12 hour days, 7 days a week if I don’t make a concentrated effort to maintain some kind of work-life balance.

Here’s a quick recap of some of the work-related things that have happened in my first two weeks:

1. My first day I worked 10.5 hours with no break
2. My second day I worked 10.5 hours, but managed to sneak away for twenty minutes so I could drive to a Lowe’s Hardware store, sit in my car in the parking lot and eat my sandwich
3. My third day I has to stand up and give a 30 minute presentation on social media to 15 members of the sales and marketing team
4. The company is buying me a new phone, which is awesome for me, and also awesome for the company since it will make it very easy for me to put in the 84-hour work weeks mentioned above
5. I got a full behind-the-scenes tour of the Oregon Humane Society (and I only started to cry twice!)
6. I got to buy an awesome video camera for the company, and have already made a video of Riley which I will post here soon (I also used it today, Saturday, for a work-related event…)

All in all, it was a pretty successful couple of weeks. I just need to get past the extreme stress and fatigue that seem to accompany the start of all new jobs. I need my energy so I can get outside and increase my distance running. The half marathon is fast approaching, and at the rate I am going now, I am going to be one sad camper during miles 7-13.

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