Time To Panic In The Blinding Sunshine?

I have come to a strange realization. It’s one I knew would hit me eventually. My job is in a strange state of flux. I never thought I would say these words while working on this team, but I actually have room on ‘my plate’ for additional work.
I have spent the last two years with the feeling that I was managing to keep my head above water as the sharks were circling nibbling on my toes (obvious reference to Bob’s movie review theforensicdaily.blogspot.com go check it out if you don’t know what I’m talking about).
In case you don’t know, I do invoice for EDS on the GM account. Over the past two years I have done all the IT invoicing for OnStar, GMAC, MIC Insurance, Allison Transmission, and Product Development. For those of you unfamiliar with General Motors, these are all divisions of their business. In any given month my team invoices in the ball park of $100 million for various IT related services. My areas, during my tenure, have peaked out at one-fourth of that total, on average I have been invoicing give or take about $20M monthly. So, I’ve been pretty busy.
Recently though things are changing. My team is growing in personnel, and my invoicing responsibilities are shrinking rapidly. In January I gave up GMAC, MIC, and OnStar to another team member. This month I am giving up Allison. So all I have now is Product Development, and apparently quite a bit of time on my hands. Now, I am still having to train the people taking these invoice from me. I’ll still have to do some hand-holding through some of the stuff, probably through March. So it’s not like I’ll be sitting around doing nothing.
Yesterday was our due date for all the billing requests and packages. I’m used to four or five stacks, no less than six inches tall, of paper that needs to be processed in four or five days. This month, I’m looking at one stack.
I have begun exploring other opportunities within EDS. I’m looking at the possibility of joining a newly formed group back in Troy. I’ve turned in my resume and had a couple conversations with the manager. But it looks like nothing will be happening there at least until 2nd quarter. I also applied for job on our Navy account that would have me traveling a significant amount to the Washington DC area. My manager is aware of the former application, but not that later. She told me that she wants to shift my responsibilities slightly away from actual invoicing and more toward analysis, training, and misc. projects. That conversation is really the only thing keeping me from panicking about the greatly reduced work load.
As I’m sitting here typing this I am blinded by this strange orange colored orb in the sky. I can look out over the Detroit River looking from Casino Windsor to Belle Isle. It’s really a pretty nice view. There are huge chunks of ice floating down the river acting as barges for flocks of small birds. These ice barges are releasing steam into air (yes it’s that cold today). I sit with my back to window and my monitor facing the window. I’m struggling to read what I’m typing as the glare is blinding. Pull the shades you say? No Way! The sun is so rare this time of year I have to enjoy it while it’s actually visible.