Beginning a habit is always harder after you've stopped

Good morning and good evening!

I hope all of you have been well and relatively warm in whatever area you are in. I am definitely warm in Labuan (except when I turn on the AC inside).  The culture shock of jumping back into life in Malaysia has been a little bit rough, however I am definitely adjusting again. Awesomely enough, about a week after I came back to work, I got my package from the US containing CHEEZITS! One of the best days ever! It is a good thing that I sent two boxes, because they are definitely going fast. Oddly enough, none of my coworkers really like them, so I am not required to be polite and share.

My work life has become a constant cycle of post school studying, shop training, and projects. Even though I am pretty busy with most of the basic studying and training, it seems that every time I look up either the maintenance manager or my ops manager is always saying "Rebecca, could you look this up? Find this thing? Do this project?" It is both gratifying that they think I am competent, but frustrating that I cannot just concentrate on what I want to. Also, I am frustrated because I was hired to do this of job of going out to rigs and monitoring drilling and programming tools, however, this is not what is happening. My location is so slow right now, that I would maybe get to spend a couple weeks on a rig every month and a half or so for the next 4 months. I feel like it is a waste of my time and my company's money to sit in a base being relatively unproductive except for busywork.

However, instead of just complaining, I promise I have been trying to address this issue. I've talked to my manager several times and recently he told me that since I was American he is trying to get me sent to America (because there are always jobs there!) for my post school jobs. I am definitely crossing my fingers for this, as (a) I do love America and (b)hooray for not-Labuan and (c) I have more chances at seeing my family and boyfriend!

Besides that, wish me luck for being healthy and working out. I am also not really putting a lot of effort into that I know I definitely need to be focusing more. It is so much easier to nap and relax than go running and exercise to workout tapes!

Promise I'll write a little sooner next time.

Love you,

Beccca