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Hi everyone,

The past week has been one of changes!

First off, we got new neighbors! A couple weeks ago, Ryan and Amy closed escrow on a condo in our complex. Yes! They now live four doors down across the way. We helped them paint in their new place last weekend:

This weekend, we helped them move in. It was a hot day and we all got tired, but we finished early, and it was great. I like having people I actually know in my complex, especially when one of them is a best friend.

Second, I got a new job! No, I wasn't applying for anything outside; we had an office re-org. Previously I worked with the registrar-side of things for our university's degree completion program. The program is closing, and our office wants to keep the two of us who work with it, so they decided to start shifting things around so that no one will wonder why we have two people dedicated to helping only 300 students out of 6000. I have moved under a new manager and into a newly-created position. I'll continue working with the software we've converted to for our student administration, as well as managing our office website, social networking, communication between departments, reporting, and learning and supporting the office's various softwares and the special projects related to them.

It's a big departure from what I was doing in the past (which was overseeing registration, grades, probation, etc.). I've spent over ten years working with registration, so it's definitely weird to leave it behind. I will definitely miss it. I'm also going to miss working with and sitting next to D, my partner in crime, and having frequent chats with K, my movie and WordTwist buddy. We'll still be around each other, but probably won't be sitting as close to each other when some office Musical Chairs takes place.

I am excited about the prospect in the sense that it's nice to be recognized for my aptitude, but I am nervous as well. It's a less structured job. It will be harder to measure my progress/achievements on a day-to-day basis, as well as stay focused, since I'm more of a task-oriented person. It's also daunting to think of how much I have to learn, and I'm nervous about my ability to keep up as well as become an expert on so many softwares. I'll probably have to start learning some new coding languages too. It's going to be a challenge. As I told some friends already, I think I'm being placed in a job because I am good at certain things, which makes sense, but only time will tell if I actually like having a job doing those things.

So this week, along with an already busy week, I'll be teaching D the ropes of what I've been doing for the past six years. When you think of it, I could definitely use a little bit of prayer.

Also up this week are some changes in office decor! I'm heading up a group of people who are decorating the office for a university-wide department spirit competition for Opening Day on Friday. Seeing as we started planning about two weeks ago, it'll be rushed, but hopefully our ideas will come out well. I'll definitely post photos on Facebook. If you're not on Facebook, then you're missing out on all of my lovely photos, which I post all the time!

May you all have a great week! I'm off to get a little exercise before hitting the stores in search of groceries and decorating supplies!