Back to School!

Yes, folks. It's that time of year when the parking lots are full at the mall, the traffic is congested with school busses and extra parental people delivering precious cargo to the drop-off lanes, and everyone is somewhat harassed into the transition toward fine-tuning the new busy, busy schedule. Also the reason that onemight be updating a blog at an early hour of the morning, though, since this is neither email nor Facebook, who would know that it was early in the morning?

And as we face the flurry of activity of school being back in session, so we also face a flurry of activity at work, with the grand opening of the new building looming closer and closer. It is a strange feeling to no longer be on the inside group who hears about planning for everything - I just have to trust that the dates will be made available to me to put on the calendar. With the explosion of new people on the staff, and the compartmentalization of so many jobs which were once handled by a small group who all wore many hats, I find myself in a bit of an identity crisis.
The things left for me to do have their own importance - dealing with detail work that most others don't want to do - and finding things that my 3 years on staff have given me the knowledge to find - but not so much growth in responsibilities.

With all of this change going on around me, I find myself feeling strangely detached.

On the other hand, it has been a position of transition for 3 years. Back to school for me too, I guess.