I have the amazing luck of spending part of my time right now working for this woman who I've wanted to get to know. She is warm and smart and has a way of accepting change that I could learn from. She also has this knack of being politically smart without being at all insincere or compromising or weak. I have no idea how to even start doing that. I really admire her.

So far I'm working really hard and enjoying her team. I'm trying to balance the old work I have to do with the new, but being me, I'm trending towards doing all of the work I want to do first and the other stuff I'm behind on. This makes for a sad realization on a Wednesday night that if I don't change my evil ways I'll be working too much over this holiday weekend and I sure don't need that. It appears I'll be stepping down a notch from project excitement. There are so many opportunities right now to learn and do that I can't seem to help but miss some of them. I'm just glad I didn't miss this one. Already I'm feeling pumped about it.