real world work

i've decided working 40 hours a week is brutal yet doable. i mean.. it is mentally and physically exhausting.. im up at 6:45 or 7am monday to friday, home from work by 5 and in bed by 10 because im so exhausted. i come home at night and i dont even understand why i am so tired. i literally sit at a desk all day (yes i have my own desk and computer - which is something im extremely proud about actually- but still!). physically i shouldn't be tired.. i only need to walk back and forth to the printer (if i even have to do that) and i wouldn't even call that physically exerting my body in any way. mentally draining?.. that makes sense.  i mean i'm learning new tasks and procedures each day.. its not too bad.. although the tasks are sometimes complicated.. i generally catch on fairly fast. im 3 weeks in to the 7 week placement and i feel its getting better every day. 
despite how exhausted i am at the end of the day.. i think i like the routine of working.. i like picking out an outfit to wear the night before and coming home at a reasonable time. i enjoy eating lunch with carolyn and amy (friends from school who got a placement at the same place) and wearing access/id card around the building. i also love coming home to an excited puppy and no homework.. i can relax when i get home, talk to my sisters or go out with terry or a friend. i can read and watch tv! 
the only thing im really disliking about this 7 weeks is that i'm not making any money. this means i need to work weekends at my other job to make some money and when i'm not given shifts on the weekend i start stressing because i am not making money. weekends are therefore less relaxing then i would like them to be. lets hope this placement leads to a job with descent money so i am not pressured to work weekends as well as 40 hours a week.
thats my update.

yes i wear sweater vests to work