So I was promoted this week at work.  And it feels really good, especially since a lot of people are telling me it’s long overdue and that it’s well-deserved.  The problem is that it’s not just a promotion, it’s a “do new work but keep doing everything you were doing before” promotion, so I’ve got a fair amount of stuff to do.  On top of that, I’m taking over for someone else who was supposed to have laid the groundwork for sessions at our annual convention next month, but hasn’t.  It’s no wonder I woke up at 4:30am yesterday morning, sitting straight up in bed and thinking, ”Holy crap, how am I going to come up with three more convention sessions (in addition to the three I’m already working on) in the next six weeks and weekly columns and everything else?” Not to mention the fact that I had already planned to take off an entire week to decompress from work and head to Vegas for a couple of days, which will seriously put me behind.  So it’s kind of mixed blessing.  If I can just make it to October without my head exploding, then I’ll be good.

I’m once again in the Spanish immersion course — this is the second of 2 weekends.  I’m still having issues since it’s so similar to French that, after having taken 7 years of French classes, I’m understanding the Spanish just fine but answering partially in French.  At least tomorrow, we’re heading out to a Mexican restaurant for lunch.  Yo quiero un burrito!