Another Test

Yeah that's right.

Just a Test

I'm testing my RSS feed, you can ignore this post if you'd like, or read it. If it's really all that great, add it to your favorites and leave a comment - I really don't care. Just don't complain about it.

My Blog Was Lonely, So I Gave A Post

Oh good blog, how long has it been - and you - how have you fared in my absence? It's been a while since I've opened up this thing, but I've gotten a hit or two so I figure I should give my loyal readers something to do while they're here. I recently started a new job with ComputerJobs.com in Atlanta after moving from Southwest Florida. I have been using the ComputerJobs.com website to search for jobs for years now, and only recently did I inquire about a job here. Lo and behold, within a month of my initial inquiry, I had an offer to join the company's marketing department as a graphic designer / web developer. Things worked out quite well to get me here, and I couldn't be happier - the job is great, the people are great, everything is just great. I don't really have a ton of news other than that, to be honest. I don't have any crazy client phone calls, no weird things have happened to me in a while (no wonder I don't post on here anymore), and no big events. I will say that it's my 3rd anniversary in a week, and I'm completely lost for ideas on what to do for Kim. She doesn't read this thing, so I can talk about it all I want. ;) I guarantee however, because I wrote that, she'll make an unexpected visit to read this. Lastly, I will point out that my wife's website is coming along great. If you've not yet visited it, be sure to check it out by visiting http://www.mrsnelsonsclass.com. She has worked really hard on it, and she would be very happy if you would stop in and take a look around. I will have to come up with an interesting story, this post has become quite boring - I've almost fallen asleep writing it. So, without further ado: have a nice day.

Ready, Set, Hooray!

Got me a job, an amazing job - an amazingly amazing job. I start June 6th. I am so excited, I don't know what to do with myself. Maybe I should do some work since I still have a current job. Yeah that's a good idea!

Too Many Thoughts

It's been about a month since I made a posting, the reason being that I have been busy. My mind has been roaming about, like a moth, fluttering to-and-fro - a destination in mind, but with no path to follow. This is my last week at work, and my last in Florida. This weekend, my wife and I will be packing our now-boxed belongings into a truck, and starting a new life in a new city, in a new state - hopefully in one of mind as well. I feel that work has become only a place now where I sit and wait out the days before I need no longer come. Work becomes harder to do by the day, and yet more important and ever-more due. The hours are flying by as if to mock me, knowing the procrastinator that I am, and though my initiative is high, my morale is low. I have oft struggled with the opposite: high morale and low initiative. I feel sad that my time here has come to an end, and though the past weeks have been filled with excitement and anticipation, my thoughts have been filled anew with anxiety and stress, two feelings with which I rarely struggle. I have no fears, however; I rarely fear change. I look around my office; the white walls have become so familiar to me. I feel though that this environment is no longer a place of comfort to me, for no reason other than it being a temporary place of work. I have discovered it part of my personality that when I no longer see a future at my place of work, I begin counting the days until I will leave - this counting begins to consume me. I feel like I am a hard worker, but why do I find it so hard to work? Perhaps the knowledge that change is scary, perhaps the knowledge that things will not ever be the same. I am a person who nests, who finds a place and sticks. I like to think I am outgoing and adventurous, perhaps I am not ... I do not mean to sound somber, or melancholy, or pessimistic. I have much excitement about our move, and the promise of new work, new friends, and new adventures. I feel that I could have been a better employee, though I do not feel as if I was a bad one. Who will replace me when I am gone? I can only hope someone that has my knowledge, plus more, tagged with a strong work ethic. I think I am ready for the change, though I am never ready until it happens. I am ready to start a new life in a new place. The rest of my life starts today, it's time for me to start taking bigger steps forward - the stairs are certainly becoming larger.