Wrapping up the Year

Yay! Only a few more days until my work year and the year in general is over with. In all honesty I don't know where it went. There were many hurdles to overcome this year not the least of which was my possible relocation down to Austin for a new job. That didn't happen and I'm still working at my current/old job which is fine for the time being. That exercise reminded me of a few things that I seem to have forgotten, namely that I know a lot of people out there and can/should work those contacts regardless of whether or not I'm looking for new employment (yeah textbook) but more importantly it showed me that the past two and a half years of _really_ long hours and hard work have yielded me a new set of skills that are desirable in the workplace. They might not be monster.com boilerplate skills, but there sought enough to make me a good candidate for some specialties.

It's funny how that particular job has its ups and downs. One day I love going there and others its the last place I want to be. Most days I'd rather have just enough money to self sustain our little family and go do things that I find interesting. So, on that... I am getting back to drawing and that's been fun. I need to be more diligent about doing it though, it's like writing or music or any other discipline; if you don't do it daily you don't get better. Here's to finding time to do the things that interest me. Cheers.