I have been pretty quiet lately when it comes to posting on my blog. Most of what I’ve been living through lately has had to stay under cover until today.

Today I turned in my 2 weeks notice after working for my current employer for 10 ½ years. I have loved working at my job but in the last year things had slowed down dramatically and I hardly had anything to do. I had asked for more to do and was told not to worry about it – that sometimes things were slow. Well it was just way too slow for me. I was starting to feel worthless as far as contributing to the company and I was feeling guilty for getting paid for what little I did.

I have known for awhile that I had to do something different. About 6 weeks ago Todd had told me that the Bookkeeper at Evan’s school was going to leave because her husband got a job in Boston and they would have to move. Todd is on the school board. I mentioned that the job might be interesting and before I knew it I was in talking with the Superintendent about the job. Of course this was something totally different from what I do now. I am a Systems Analyst and this new job involved Accounting. I have felt a tug lately to do something different after programming for 22 years and Accounting has always been of interest to me. Maybe because my Dad and brother are CPAs and my sister is an Accountant with a private company. I think it must be in my blood or something. LOL!

So I sat down with Debi, who is the current Bookkeeper, and had her show me some of what she does so I could get a grasp of whether or not I could do this. I have an Accounting minor but it has been 22 years since I’ve had any classes so it probably doesn’t even count. I decided that I thought I could handle it. Debi had told me that she didn’t have any Accounting experience before taking the job so that made me feel better about it too. I talked again with the Superintendent and after much prayer decided it was a good fit.

Last Friday I started my training at the school. I am going in on the days I’m not at my current job. Now I am extremely overwhelmed with learning all this new stuff. I never liked changing jobs but this is even more difficult because I’m not just changing my place of work but also my skill set. Yikes!

I do feel better now that I’ve turned in my notice. It wasn’t something I looked forward to. As soon as I told my boss he immediately asked if I would be willing to consult with them. I said I would. The problem is that nobody has been trained in what I do there and I just can’t give my work to someone else. I think this will work out well. I can still keep my hands in programming while learning something new.

I just hope I can keep my sanity while I’m going through this transition.