Joel’s office is in the process of packing to move. They aren’t moving far, so I guess it’s not as much stress as it might have been. When there were first rumors about the move, the rumors mentioned places from Maryland (no, please no!) to Gainesville (oh, please yes!), but they ended up finding a good spot in Chantilly, only 10 minutes from where their current office is located. It’ll mean Joel’s commute will be about an hour in traffic instead of 45 minutes, but that sure beats commuting to Maryland.
As is the case with satellite offices of many large companies, decisions are made in a different office and those decisions are not always well communicated to the lowly peons that are doing the actual work. Consequently, no one is quite sure whether or not they’ll be in the old office or the new office on Monday. They’re packing up as if they won’t be back, but some stuff may just have to be unpacked and then repacked early next week. They wouldn’t unpack the biggest things (like some of the on-site servers), so they’d be operating on a somewhat limited level, but it seems safer to assume they have to be out than to assume otherwise. Don’t you love corporate communication skills?
I’ve thought a good bit about what I’ll do if and when I get a chance to go back out into the working world. There are any number of directions I could go, most of which will be helped by a little extra education (a teaching certification, masters degree, business degree, or some such thing). One thing I’ve considered is going into some form of management. I love managing things and tend to be good at it, but there’s one minor problem… I hate the business world. I don’t like the double talk, the little white lies to smooth things over, the wheeling and dealing that goes on, the red tape… The list could go on and on. I do enjoy stage management, but it’s very time and energy consuming – not the best line of work for a mother even when (or perhaps especially when) her kids are all in school.
I’m still considering trying for my masters in directing so I could teach theatre at a college level. Either that or going for my teaching certification so I could teach in a high-school or at a tutoring facility like Sylvan Learning Center. (On a side note, it’s nice to know they only employ tutors with teaching certifications. There are schools that don’t do as much.)
Well, there’s plenty of time to think about which way to go. I probably won’t be starting on that path for many years to come.