Change

This year seems to be starting off with a lot of changes for me.  It is a cliché that everything changes sometime, but at the same time a Greek philosopher once said that nothing is new under the sun.  I am not worried for things to come, whatever this year still has in store for me, although at 55 I was expecting some stability.  I have always embraced new experiences so I know I can deal with a lot. Will all this change be for the better or worse ?  I don't know yet.  For now, things seem to be going fine.  Our 6th grandchild was born on the first day of spring and everybody in the family is fine. I like my job and don't mind being alone in an office most of time as much as I had expected.  In fact I am getting used to it.  When I worked for the ferry, I could never work undisturbed on a weekday.  I shouldn't say undisturbed because I never felt disturbed.  I just happened to be person that was good at solving problems and it was my responsability, and I loved doing it.  It's just that sometimes at the end of the day I felt I hadn't gotten anything done except putting out small fires all day.  Sometimes I had to go in on the weekend and before helping out the hostesses at the busiest time at check-in, I would get some work done, all alone in a very large office.  Sometimes one of the hostesses at reception would call me with a question or other and than  would jump up at the sudden ringing of the phone in the quiet office.  And always I was so amazed at how much work I could do without interruptions.  So now in my new job it is the other end of the scale and I am actually enjoying it.  I have to get to grips with all aspects of my job on my own.  I have to figure out how the computer programs work, what's important and how things can be done efficiently, on my own. I don't mind that., It just means that I need some more time to learn it all.  But the advantage is, it's easier  to remember something you have had to figure out on your own then something that you'v been told.  So all is well on the job front.  There is some more change to come there : my boss is retiring in 2 years and in autumn he would like to start working part time.  Hopefully by that time there will be someone to replace him.  But as I said : that's fine with me.  I would almost say : bring on the changes, but that might sound a bit overconfident and  I dont want to taunt faith too much. So I will leave it at that and deal wth what's on my plate for now, just to be on the safe side.