Unreality!

It still blows my mind to a huge extent that I get to use my MPA in my new job.  I have soooo much fun crunching numbers with an eye on quarterly spending targets.  First theorizing and then confirming the whys and wherefores is a special treat.

Lately, however, the treat has doubled.  I'm working on something to be published for the college, and that includes elements of number-crunchiness as well as design.  I'm working in Illustrator and InDesign.  I'm *supposed* to do it!  It's my job.  This seems like a total unreality to me, specifically because it means that I'm using both of my degrees at the same time.  

The timing is excellent.  In a few weeks, Romeyn and I are headed to the Student Leadership Conference dinner.  Every year that I attend this function, I am asked about my undergraduate degree.  Every year, I answer that I am the oddball in my family.  Surrounded by a family of artists and musicians, I adore numbers, even though my Bachelor's degree is in Studio Art.  I am asked again, "Do you use your undergraduate degree?" And I reply: I paint and draw all of the time, just no art for work.

Now art is part of work.  More importantly, it's part of the job that I already love for other, unrelated reasons.  I can't wait for the conference.  There are very few social gatherings for which I can honestly say, "I can't wait!"

Be well, fellow Introverts.