I had forgotten how hard it is to be 110% into what you’re doing and what your job conflicts with your life outside. I started my new job on the 22nd and I’ve already had to turn down more recruiters than I had to deal with in months. The last one broke my heart… I had never been offered a Docbook related engagement and I got one yesterday. Crap is the only thing that comes to mind right now… That and my cussing the timing gods for how they laugh at me. Beyond the consulting issue things have been going surprisingly well. It hasn’t been the monster transition that I was afraid of… It hasn’t been easy but it hasn’t been terribly difficult. I think working with Scott and the DLT team set me up for success in this adventure. It’ll be interesting to see how things evolve moving forward.
California Dreaming
In thinking about boats to burn (see my last post) made me think about grad school again. Even before I started my Master’s in Instructional Technology at SJSU (program which no longer exists) I thought about about going back to school and getting a PhD in Instructional Technology. It has boiled down to Learning Science and Technology Design or Anthropology of Education at Stanford. I’m not in my 20s anymore, in fact, I’m 2 and a half years from turning 40! I need to balance my wanting to go back to school with how expensive it would be and the money and time investment needed to complete the task. I’ve always been afraid of rejection, even more so in this big, life altering, OMG WTH am I getting into, step in life. The one time that I did decide to apply I was turned down ’cause of a bureaucratic mistake [Read Full Post]
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I think I’ve finally decided what I’m going to do. I’m going for Ironman Arizona next year with Iron Team, Once I get it out of the way then I can decide if I’ll do it again a year or two later or if I’m going to stick with half iron / 70.3 distances as my preferred endurance races. Two of my best friends in California are getting married! I think it shouldn’t have caught me by surprise as much as it did… but damn, that picture of Keeley wearing the ring was astonishing and not just because the ring looked awesome on her hand but also because it’s one more couple of friends who are hitching up. It used to bother me a lot more than it does now. It just means getting travel arrangements for California (and getting a few pairs of running shoes in the process) and [Read Full Post]
It's kinda hard to believe that it's only been in Georgia only for a month. It's been intense and satisfying… I've also learned a lot about myself, what I want and what I'm willing to do to achieve it. It's not the heat, it's the humidity The heat is not what bothers me about the weather in Georgia. It's the f*****g heat that kills me. I really have to figure how to carry more fluids and WTO be more consistent in drinking. TNT still rocks! It's been a crazy training month to say the least. On 8/21 I did the bike course for Augusta. Let me tell you that pit was an awesome session of torture but that I enjoyed it tremendously As I posted elsewhere I'm still trying to figure out if I'm doing iron team or not. I'm leaning towards going forward with it but there are still [Read Full Post]
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