Surreal

My new job at Treehouse seems surreal. Every morning I wake up I thank God that I am so blessed to work for such a great organization and company. I have already done great things for the organization and I forsee many more things to come in the future. It's just so nice to work for a "normal" company where people get along and care about you and interact. It's so nice to feel welcome and like I'm a part of something. It's nice to have the freedom and encouragement to do what I need to do to accomplish my job.

It's funny because I didn't realize how institutionalized I had become until I got out. When my phone rings or my email dongs I instantly prepare for the worse. Then I see a nice email just saying hello or making sure I have everything I need. Or it's someone on the phone being nice. I'm not used to that at all. I created a journal, posted it, had my supervisor approve it, and then filed it all in the same hour! We closed February books last Monday. FEBRUARY!! If this were my old job, I'd still be doing December probably. :-)

But in all this glorious transition, things still feel weird. I feel like at any moment I'll have to go back to TSA and this will all be over, like a dream or something. I'm all moved in to my new office and everything but it still feels weird. Maybe it can be likened to moving into a new house. It just takes time before it feels like home to you. Then again, I'm not sure TSA ever was home to me.

All in all I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that I made the right decision for me. Anyway - I'm going to get back to work, I have a nice big fun list to work on. AND GUESS WHAT!!! I actually get to be THE key player in the budget process! Isn't that fun! And I get to organize the next audit. And so many other things that pertain to the real "meat and potatoes" of accounting. I'm so happy. :-)