For all of you that remember that TV series, The Jeffersons, you can sing along with the following:

Well I'm movin' on Up!
To the east side!
To a dee-luxe office in the sky.
I'm movin' on up!
To the east side!
I've finally got a piece of HR pie!

Fish don't fry in the kitchen,
Beans don't burn on the grill.
Didn't take much tryin'
Just had to sit here and chill.
Now I'm up in the big leagues,
Gettin' my turn at bat!
As long as I live,
It's People Strategies, baby!
There ain't nothin' wrong with that!

Hooray, I'm Movin' on Up!
To the east side!
To a dee-luxe office in the sky!
I'm Movin' on Up!
To the east side!
I've finally got a piece of HR pie!

Now for the explanation...seems my boss Mary is being promoted to VP or Director of Training (not sure which) and instead of just IT training, she'll be in charge of all of ClubCorp training. She needed one of her team to volunteer to go up (to the 8th floor) with her and move from IT to People Strategies (HR). Since I'm always looking for opportunities to update my resume, I volunteered and she's glad, as she would have picked me anyway, I think.

I'm cool with it as it beats getting laid off and I'm looking forward to the new opportunity (although I'm going to miss being next to the rest of my group that's staying on the 6th floor and in IT, but I'll still be 'working' with them on projects, at times). I'll be doing alot of what I'm doing now and interfacing more with the business sponsors (higher ups) in the company so that's always a good thing, I guess.

This 'promotion' didn't come with a pay raise, but then again, in today's economy, I'm just happy to be employed!

Oh, and BTW, my new office will be on the east side, as opposed to the west side (which it is now)....a lot better feng shui and 'facing' my grandkids!!