I prefer to think of it as “staving off Alzheimer’s”

Holy Hannah, I think my job is trying to kill me. Or perhaps they are just making sure I really earned that promotion. My boss, who I totally stole “Holy Hannah” from is away at a seminar. My usual partner in crime for this particular project is on vacation. And I’m wading around in areas of the business that I usually do not touch in all that much detail. I’m getting quite an education though, so I guess we can hope that I come through this week as a more well rounded business person. Luckily, I do have a group of smart, hardworking people I can depend on to help me sort this all out. It’s exhausting and a little confusing (ok, a lot confusing at times) but it is also energizing to be tackling something this different from my usual routine, to dive in and work hard to overcome a challenge, to learn new stuff, and to think about our business in a whole new way. It’s fascinating. There’s all this nuts and bolts stuff that I knew was going on, but I did not have any idea how it all really worked. I still don’t, but I’m getting there.

And hey, they say learning to use new parts of your brain helps keep you sharp, right? If I’m still alive at the end of the week, I should be sharp as a tack.

P.S. The amazingly gorgeous shoes of great beauty gave me a blister on my left heel. But I still love them, and we’re going to work it out. Not only do they look fabulous, I think they make me almost 4 inches taller. I feel like a giant in them. If you can be 5 ft 5 and a giant.