Day 22: Back in the Groove

It was not as hard to wake up for work as I had anticipated. I got ready as usual and headed off at 8 AM. I got to work 10 minutes early and was greeted with a bunch of "Welcome back!"s and the "How as your trip?" I even got a hug. Being missed is a fun feeling. I walked to my desk and my boss's boss said to me "We've got some administrator stuff for you to jump right into." I've been going back and forth with this boss. She wants me to be the new database administrator for their system they're installing, but either it was unclear if I would get that position, or it was unclear how far away the new system was going to be. Today was one of the first days where it feels like an inevitability. Which is cool.

The rest of work was business as usual, but I the person I'm currently working under kept saying things like "I really hope they let (insert coworker's name here) take over for you." Whenever any of this administrator stuff got mentioned by one of my bosses there was always a sense that they might just be messing with me. You see, to efficiently fulfill this new position, they want me to be familiar with both departments, and multiple jobs within those departments. If for some reason the administrator thing didn't work out, I was basically being trained on all the jobs to become a very cheap fill-in for whoever needed it. But it's phrases like the one I mentioned at the beginning of this paragraph that remind me that this is actually happening.

When I got home I thought about going over some of my SQL book, but since I don't have Microsoft Access and don't know exactly to what extent it would be required on the job, I felt like it was a waste of time, at least for tonight. I played a bunch of games of chess and listened to a bit of music on Pandora instead. I'm going to round the night off with some of that Game Developer magazine and then head to bed. Sorry I don't really take pictures on my regular days. You probably got used to having them break up my ramblings. Anyway.....