BK and PGL, thanks for the Bday wishes. I had a nice birthday, although I did get a nasty cold. Luckily, the Kiwi was home and took care of me. It was nice to not have to chop wood when you feel like crap. There are some nasty cold and flu viruses going around at work (flying pig flu - "Doctor, when I cough I smell bacon!"). Rimshot!
Anyway, I haven't posted for a while. I've been pretty busy at work. I have been annointed project manager of our system upgrade, and I have spent the last few weeks trying to convince people to come work with us, doing interviews, and the like. I've actually had two people quit their full time permanent jobs to come work with us. And the other consultant has turned down work to wait to work on our project. It must be my natural charisma.
The project officially starts in July, although it started for me in February. The moment the funding was approved for the project, people immediately started freaking out because we hadn't done anything yet. It was bizzare. So, I'm going to have to do a lot of edumacating about how projects work. Fun stuff.
I'm half excited, half freaked out about the whole thing. I mean, I've been doing projects for years, and I know how they work, and what to do, but it is a little disconcerting to actually have to be in charge of a group of burning monkeys running toward a cliff. Not unlike riding shotgun down the avalanche (thanks Shawn Colvin). When we first talked about me being the PM, I was initially reluctant to do it, until the Kiwi pointed out that I was being a big chicken. Which I was. So now when I start to get freaked out about something, I have to remember that I've done it all before, except for the Excel part. I now know exponentially more about office furniture and the space charges for the building we're going to use than I ever dreamt was possible.
We're going to have 12 people on the project including me. It runs for a year and I have the best consultant in Australasia to do the hardest part of the implementation. He and I became good friends on the last project and he was more than happy to work with me again. He's fabulous and I'm sure he will save my bacon on more than one occasion.
Egads, this is a boring post. Enough.
3 comments:
I thought it was ok. I often wonder what you do. Now I know!
Hope you and the Kiwi had a great anniversary celebration of the invasion at Normandy! Sorry to hear you were ill.
Hey, love the movie thing, is that new?
Yes, the movie thing and the music thing are both new. They're just lists, really. I felt compelled late last night.
Love the movie quotes... Seeing all those quotes from Christopher Guest flicks just confirms something I already knew - you're good people. :)
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