changes at work

my pastor's wife is leaving us, which makes me very sad. i like having her around, i like being able to talk with my boss about spiritual things, she's been so good at filling open positions with good people, and, well, she got me my job. the one who will be taking over as my supervisor will be fine. he's one of the counselors, so i know him already (though the other registrar and i have said that we find it scary when he walks into our office because we automatically feel like we're in trouble). he has common sense, though, so i think he'll be fair and work with us as things come up.
anyway, and as scared of him as i am (which is silly - he's not a scary guy, i think it's more 'let's get down to business'), it was nice today to hear that in talking with stacy about his new position, my name came up. and he said, 'i'm glad to have melilot on my team. she's smart.' that's a good start.