Birthday today

Today, at 6:30 pm I turn 55.

Two years is long enough

I was looking at old blog posts about the YouTube channel I want to start called "cheap gear" and realized the oldest was two years old. Time to quit cutting bait and start fishing. I'll have to get a camera, microphone and some editing software. I'm not getting free software either. This is going to be professional grade stuff.

I can set it up in the spare room downstairs, right across the hall from my bedroom. I'll set up a workstation on the table, build an amp cradle and speaker coffin, and start getting a collection of tubes and electronics parts. I'll also need all the hardware that are associated with amps and guitars.

Scratch that. I can't do it.

Day shift difficulties

Getting up super early isn't difficult for me, but it's taking a toll on my home life. At first my dad was really emotional about it thinking I was going to make so much money at it that I was going to move out and leave him alone. I finally got him to tell me why he was so upset, and when he told me I had to reassure him I was not moving out and leaving him alone. He calmed down after that. It's still tough, though. I want to see if there's any way I can move to the night shift. Things go so much easier when I'm here in the morning.

Got promoted

I have been moved to the day shift. I get up at 3 am and get to work by 5. I'm in the shipping department and I spend most of my time at the parcel computer doing FedEx and UPS shipments. I got a pay cut to $11/hour, though.