From IT to TI (and no, I didn't meet the rapper)

Surprise! Surprise!  I haven't wasted much time since being back in Cape Town.

I headed into work on Thursday to say hi to my co-workers and of course it turned into a full work day :)  The first half was, of course, socializing and catching-up, but the second half meant getting right back in the swing of things. The reunion was sweet and it really is great to travel half way around the world and have a room full of people jump out of their chairs to greet you.  I had my usual long hug with Phumza, my boy talk with Zandi, my crazed greeting from Kevin, slow dance with Easy, a sing-song hello from Ilchen and surprise visits from various others.  Several of them were already requesting another batch of cookies so guess I'll be busy with that soon :)

Over the break, the staff of Amy Biehl realized that there was a very urgent and very important task that needed to be done.  They went down the list of people working in the office and all of them had plenty of other duties to attend to and couldn't drop everything for this assignment.  Soo.....guess who gets this new job--me!

Now before you get too excited about this job, I'll let you know what it is.  I am to register all 5 after-school centers with the provinical government and state in order to receive funding.  Woah...HUGE task!!!  I headed down to the government printers office and bought the Children's Act and necessary amendments which came to a total of around 400+ pages of legal jargon to sift through.  That one semester of business law will be put to the test now!  In a weird way, I'm actually kind of excited about this new opportunity to learn about the legal side of what goes into a non-profit and ensuring that the Amy Biehl Foundation is up to date with all of the safety regulations for the kiddos.

I had a feeling this time around would be different, but I certainly wasn't expecting this!  Bring it on legal documents!  I've replaced my web development role with a much nobler role....Toilet Inspector!  (gotta make sure the kiddos have appropriate waste facilities!)