Oh, hi!
I’ve been a bit gone lately.
See, there’s the new grandbaby. And the new job. And house projects. And the new job.
Even sleep has temporarily been re-classified from “required” to “nice-to-have”.
First off, being an Oma? The BEST. So far my most important role has been to dote on him, and I so rock at that.
The new job. In September, I transitioned over from a community and collaboration role in Rational Client Support to an entirely new role in Marketing, still focused on communities, collaboration and knowledge sharing.
After 6 years in Support, I had forgotten how hard being “the new kid” is. My brain is swimming with new orgs, new faces, new names, new roles, new concepts, new three-letter acronyms, new everything.
Been working more hours than I’d like, just trying to get up to speed, and because I know the fastest way is to just power through it, and finally, I’m starting to grok it all, and the pieces are starting to fall into place for me.
I love this moment, because as the terror subsides, and knowledge grows, I get the ka-ching feeling more and more often. The more ka-chings, the more the path forward becomes clear.
So yeah, now I can come up for air and devote a second’s thought to something OTHER than finding my way around. But don’t pity me. I’m loving it all. 
In other news, I’ve designed and ordered a new set of personal cards from Moo.com. I’ve gone full-size this time, instead of the mini cards.
Will post when they arrive.
Anything else been happening?
Some of us miss you…. and we are sure with will ROCK in the new job.