Late Night Working

So I go to bed tonight, totally prepared for a blissful nights sleep.  Unfortunately, my body had other plans.  For some unknown reason I woke up after an hour.  I was wide awake.  I tossed and turned and tossed and turned but could not seem to get myself to fall back asleep.  So I figured that if I wasn't going to be sleeping, I may as well get up and try and accomplish something.  So I get myself out of bed and get to work.  I pull out my laptop and for the last hour and a half I have been doing my church work.  I've been emailing various people that I need to connect with and doing a little bit of writing.  I'm trying to do some recruiting for some open volunteer positions that I need to fill so I have been writing up a "job description" to give to a few people.  It's just too hard to give someone all of the details they need in a two minute conversation on a Sunday, when all they are thinking about is what is for lunch, so I thought a description would help.  We will just have to see.

This whole second job thing is kind of weird for me.  I'm still trying to get the hang of things.  It's completely different than any other job I have ever had.  I don't necessarily have regular tasks each week. It's not like my State Farm job where I have people calling me all day wanting stuff.  Everything for South Side is pretty much self started.  Especially since this is a fairly new position.  I decide what I need to do, and I go do it.  I'm also trying to transition from being a volunteer to being staff.  Before, if I wanted to do something, I had to go through the proper leadership channels to get it done.  Now, I have the authority (at least a little) to go and do it.  I'm still trying to figure out what to do with that.  The other weird part about this transition is that I don't really feel like I am "working".  At least not yet.  Maybe I will later, although I kind of hope not.  So far I just feel like a really involved volunteer.  I'm sure that will change eventually though.  Overall, I'm loving this change in life at the moment.

Anyway, that is enough.  I'm kind of rambling at this point.  I should try going back to bed, but I still can't say that I am really tired.  It's 4:08 AM so I really should be.  It's going to be a really sad morning tomorrow I can already tell.  The coffee pot will be my best friend.