Big news!

Whew! I hate keeping secrets. Or rather, I hate keeping my own secrets from people. I'm not bad at keeping other peoples'. Knowing that, it's been really difficult for me to keep some huge news quiet for the last little while.

Throughout December I made some reference to some stuff brewing in my life. Well, some time last month, I was contacted by a head hunter, who was calling to gauge my interest about moving on to a new job. I went through the whole ring-a-ma-role (spelling?) with them - phone calls, meetings, e-mails... then meetings with their client, and more meetings with the client, and back to the head hunter...

After weeks and weeks of back and forth, I was offered a new position over the holidays!!! It's a great move for me - shorter commute (one I can do by bus!), bigger pay, and, from what I can tell, all the stuff I love from my current job. On the downside, it means I have to leave my current job. And I had to give notice today - Happy New Year boss, by the way, I quit. Yeah, it sucked. I'm really going to miss my job. I've been there for five years, and I work with a great gang, so the whole process hasn't been an easy one.

So, that explains a big part of why I wasn't such a faithful blogger late-December. Between this, my daughter's surgery and the holidays, there just weren't enough hours in a day. I'm hoping that things have settled a bit, despite the upheaval that always comes with a new job. The bigger pay will really help our family, as will the bus commute - cheaper, shorter, and will extend the life of our only car. I think it's win-win. I'm just scared to death. I've kind of forgotten what all's involved in starting a new job! I feel like I know my current job like the back of my hand. I feel like I could do it in my sleep. Which is one of the reasons I thought it was time to leave. Being comfortable in my job is making me lazy, and it's leading me to make mistakes. But a new job is SCARY! Oh, well. I have three weeks to calm my nerves! Help!