Pretending to be grown up

I wrote this last week….

I haven’t mentioned it too much on here, but I have recently accepted the position of Director of Financial Aid at my alma mater, Southeastern Bible College.

I took M-W off of this week to shop and relax. If people are going to think I’m really the director I guess I should dress like it, right?

I did panic during my time off. Last week I was a college student. And then this week, all of a sudden, I’m this adult with a real job. But I got over it real fast and haven’t thought about it much since.

My first two days of work have been unbelieveably busy and tiring. I’ve met lots of people that work in the business of Financial Aid from all over Alabama that are ready and willing to help/guide me along in my process of settling in Financial Aid. I was told by one of our lenders that it took her a good five years to really get her head around all of it. Great, just what I wanted to hear!

My time, so far, has been spent with online training, reading, meetings, making contacts, reassuring parents that we will get their kid’s money taken care of, and eating out.

My assistant, Melissa, and I have been good friends since we both started school together four years ago. We were both mission majors and felt that we could understand each other like others may not in certain areas. She is nothing less than fabulous! She’s helping me learn the in’s and out’s. She’s also there to remind me that I’m not supposed to shred papers, file anything, etc b/c thats her job. I’m not used to this at all. I’m used to being the one that picks up lunch, files charts, cleans, etc. It’s an interesting turn of events.

I had training today (Saturday) with Joanne, who had the position before me. Then Reid, Jordan, and I painted my office. It looks amazing! I’m thankful to have it painted since I could already start to feel the white walls closing in on me.

There’s much to learn and skill to be gained, but I’m enjoying the challenge so far. It’s such a great opportunity for me, especially since I’m young.

**I will say that I sometimes feel like a kid playing dress up when I walk into work. Not that I haven’t had real jobs in the past, it’s just that this one feels different. Also, during a seminar on Thursday I definitely felt like I was in The Office. I’m happy my boss isn’t Michael Scott. I think.