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2018-01-09 Closing the Book On Day 1
The first day of the rest of my life was a complete success. I only had enough work for a couple hours but that left more time for another Cloud Guru course and this time it was my first lab. So now, yours truly, has an account on AWS and can create users, groups, and…
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2018-01-07 Sushi Sunday Funday Status Update – A Year in the Rearview
It’s Sunday January 7th, 2018 and my gym is swarming with resolutionaries but I’m not there yet because I’m still catching up from last week. I’ve not had time to reflect deeply on 2017, but I think that’s ok because I spent so much time on it throughout the year. I was evaluating my status…
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2017-12-20 The Time Management Struggle…
… It’s real! I had just over six hours of sleep and woke up feeling tired and not well rested. I’ve got swarms Of thoughts across lots of topics and things have just changed so fast I’ve had very little time to adjust. The new gig is top priority (or should be) and despite feeling…
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2017-12-19 It’s Go Time
When I arrived home from the gym yesterday I had my first assignment from my new boss sitting in my in-box. By my first real meeting at 3pm,I was deep into trying to understand that and the other documentation I was into. By the end of my second meeting at 5:30pm, I had my second…
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2017-12-18 On Routine and Some Things that Never Change
I’m now pretty set in my morning routine. I’m a serious creature of habit. One of the things I’ve gotten really used to at this point is going to the gym right after dropping the kids off at school. I was previously not looking forward to starting a new job and having to give that…
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2017-12-17 Stellar Sunday Stats
I can hardly believe that two weeks have gone by again already. The closer we get to the end of the year, the faster time flies. This is the second to last status update for the year and I’m quite pleased that I’m holding steady on most things. Sleep.. I’m still getting just shy of…
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2017-12-13 Big News Today!
I’ve been unemployed for five and a half months. I’ve rested, rejuvenated, and rediscovered a sense of purpose for myself in this life. As of today, December 13, I’m back on the payroll!.. Woo-hoooo!! In the past month I began to get more serious about finding the right job for me. I had narrowed down…
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2017-12-12 How Do They Do It?
This past weekend I had an interview with the manager at my gym for a position as a front desk attendant. For those who don’t know, there’s typically a person who stands at the info desk near the entrance to the gym and is responsible for greeting people. The other job responsibilities include, as I…
