Riding the calm(er) surf

As it stands, I'm now completing my third week at this temp job and it seems to be going well.  Certainly, I've received many kind compliments and some surprisingly positive texts from the agency people, saying how "everyone there loves you - you're doing a great job".  It's a genuinely nice thing to hear/receive, but it's also reassuring.  

I'm not going to obsess, overthink or over-analyze why I feel this calmness - considering all that's tied into having left the last job at a particularly ill-timed moment.  Obviously, it wasn't my choice, but I'm untangling everything that could have been worse - if anything, I think I may be able to clear the decks while I'm in this state of "temp-to-perm" because I'm being financially smarter than before.  It's not willy-nilly debt or irresponsibility; it's simply correcting a tax error that needs to be paid off, which I'm doing - and paying down the minor credit card bill - which is also being taken care of.

You know, when it rains, it pours.  You have something that lasts for decade - then it breaks or has to be replaced and it costs.  And when several things go at once, it piles up.  That's all it is.  And it's being paid down.  I would love to pay bigger chunks faster, but okay - patience is the way.