Back to Abnormal

Well I'm back to feeling much better now. The day off to mend really did wonders. The best news about the sick day was it put the new guy into a sink or swim position on running the desk. He's doing well. The good thing about him catching on so quickly means I can move to my new project. I am now coordinating our election coverage. We're a month out and there is a lot of work that needs to be done. I am working on assembling a small army of volunteers (high school and college students) to help out on election night. My other big project is to update our election coverage website...that will be the real chore. Today I spent most of the day working on election stuff. I got to go in an office (a real office with walls and a door). Even though I kept the door open (to hear part of what was happening in the newsroom)...it was remarkably quite. I actually got a lot of work done without interruption. It's almost like having a job in the real world. I'm a looking forward to election coverage. We'll see how it turns out, maybe I have a future in advanced planning for stories.