The Long and Short of It

After I posted my last blog I realized I did not mention my new commute. That's because I don't really think of it as a commute anymore. It takes me about 30 minutes to get to and from work - including walking to and from the parking lot. I've also learned three different ways to get here - all without touching the beltway.

So, what do I do with all that extra time? 

The extra time in the morning means I actually wear make up and jewelry everyday. The extra time in the evening means that if I get home before Omar and Helena I can make a gradual transition from work to home and maybe even cook dinner. 

If I get home after them, usually it's only 5 - 10 minutes later, it means waiting for Helena to wake up from the car ride to feed her or spending extra time with her and Omar if she is awake.

So that's the long of it about a short commute.

Working 9 to 5

For those wondering what happened to me - my new job happened to me. It was clear from day one that our little team - by little I mean the two of us - has a heavy work load.

Things started off slowly as Shelley trained me on some of my responsibilities and then I got assigned to coordinate JA in a Day for our office.

JA in a Day is a program through Junior Achievement where volunteers go into a school and teach kids about financial literacy - everything from how you earn money to the United States' place in world economics.

Our office took over 5 D.C. Public School last week for JA in a Day. We had about 200 volunteers teaching more than 1,400 students. And THIS was my first major project.

During this time I've also taken over responsibility for updating our office's intranet pages, sending broadcast messages and making RezTube videos - which are like YouTube videos but for our employees.

All my HTML, FrontPage, MAC, Photoshop and Quark skills have come in handy.

Oh, and there have been proposals too.

The moon must have been in retrograde a few weeks ago because when Shelley was at a conference in Las Vegas, I had four proposals come in. Luckily these were not like the mammoth government proposal CSC does. Otherwise I would have put in more overtime than I did that week.

So, that is what I've been up to during the day.

What I have been doing at night and on the weekends are two different blogs and my lunch break is now up - yes I know it's 3:00 and I'm just getting around to eating.