I am pleased to announce that I am gainfully employed!

I have not gotten the official in-writing offer letter (should come later this week), but I was extended the offer early this afternoon. After explaining my upcoming vacation situation, they got back to me and still offered me the job.

So, I begin working at the Savannah College of Art and Design on Monday, November 2nd. I will find out more details then, for instance, I don't know yet whether I am an hourly or salaried employee. I also don't know whether I will have to take leave without pay for the time away in November-December or if it will count against future vacation accrued.

The job is in the registrar's office. Job title is Data Quality Coordinator. It's a new position, so I don't know that it is a well defined role as of yet. I know that I will be spending a great deal of time looking at BANNER, the school's registration / alumni / financial aid / payroll / etc. system, running reports, and such. I will occasionally have to deal with students and help with actual registration and data entry.

I don't know *anything* about banner, except that most universities use it in some form or fashion. If anyone knows anything about it that might be helpful, drop me a line.

So, as you can probably guess, I am extremely giddy. I have now been retired for five months, and I am quite ready to have something to think about besides "how are we going to pay these bills?"