I’m just checking in. Nothing too interesting worth reporting – whenever there is, I usually tweet it as it’s never interesting enough to warrant more than 140 characters.

For example, this week I embraced absorbing one of my former admin assistants’ responsibilities as she made a lateral move to another open admin position. I moved into a new cubicle, leaving behind my first ever real desk. It felt much like leaving a first apartment. My new space is bigger, has better light and is strategically better suited to my needs but still. Bye, desk. We had some times together, didn’t we?

So as you might expect, absorbing someone else’s job while not giving up any of your former job means some additional hours, some additional stress. I can’t say I mind. I sort of thrive on it. I get roped into all kinds of weird projects that will take up half my day, leaving me to finish my regular tasks long after 5 pm, or on the weekends. I am constantly asked how to do things or where something is. I am continually interrupted. Technically, I work for two people but in actuality, I regularly work for six and consistently do things way outside my department, sometimes way outside my division. And I like it that way. Yes, I know how to do that. Yes, I can teach you how to read this report. Yes, I can show you how this works. Yes, I can do this for you. Yes, yes, yes. And on the occasions I don’t know something, I find out.

You learn a lot by saying yes.