Survived My First Week

Well, I survived my first week of the new job. Between trying to learn the new job and trying to keep on top of the Admin duties that I am still responsible for until a replacement is hired, it's been quite crazy. And, if I haven't been busy enough, it just seemed that all kinds of things that normally wouldn't come up were coming up this week also (such as people needing business cards, people wanting Daytimer orders, a huge flood of release notes package requests when there hasn't been any in months, a missing file needed to burn GoldCare Release Notes CDs...). I think it will pretty much be like this until they get someone hired. (Interviews are taking place next week).

I feel like I am being pulled in a lot of directions right now, and can't really focus on the new job the way I'd like to. But, at least I can't say that I am bored or that I have nothing to do. In fact, I have a funny feeling that I may never again know the feeling of being caught up on my work. It will be quite a change going from a job where I quite often had completed all I needed to do and almost always left work with my work finished to a job where (I expect) there will always be some project or other that is in progress or incomplete. It will require an adjustment in the way I think and how I do things, but I'm up to the challenge. I am just really looking forward to the day when I can put my Admin life behind me.