Whirlwinds...

Since the news of the new job things have been a whirl wind... I was able to tell my current employer and he was actually really happy for me. We both knew the consulting world wouldn't be my home, and that going to a foundation is better fit for me. My heart has always been as a volunteer and working in the community. Now I am actually getting paid for it.

In 12 hours I will be leaving an office that has taught me more than I could have imagined when I started. I had been pulled through the ringer for a month or two when I took this job at the consulting firm. I had never been in an environment like that. Everything had to be accounted for and was in turn billed to a client. I think that the timing was off more than anything. There were many factors that I contribute my unhappiness to. For one it was a hot summer, the office was being moved, my immediate supervisor was constantly travelling, and I was trying to learn the office politics (unsuccessfully). I was in a weird position at the office and had just had to move back home to my parents.

My predecessor was still with the company, but felt that she had ownership over the position. She was unwilling to truly help me figure out what it was I was to do. My boss is (still to this day) moody, in the broadest sense of the word. He could be happy and joking one minute, and turns to full on raging temper the next. He had been known to throw things at his assistants, and I purposefully kept an eye on his stapler for that reason. For the most part, I got along with everyone in the office. Some better than others. Some tried to test me and see how far I could be pushed. I know that there was several occasions that I was the butt of the office jokes, and found myself resenting the camaraderie that was impossible for me to become part of.

I will miss several people, and the familiarity that I have come to rely on everyday. But I am also ready for the new adventure. I am taking a huge leap into the world Non Profits and Fundraising. I will also be going to an environment that is all female. My current role is filled with men. Burly, burping, cursing, beer chugging men, educated roughnecks.

Who knows what will happen from here, but I am keeping a positive outlook on the world.