Neat

I am over the holiday blues. I am feeling really good, new vim, and vigor... What is "vim" anyway. I did eventually put up Christmas decorations, on Christmas Eve, but now they are still up... Well, the tree is. But I have been feeling good, so I don't care! ;-) I have decided to take my life by the scruff of the neck, and kick it in the butt, and tell it to get moving. A few projects at work came up and I didn't really "take charge", but I did take a leadership role, in so much as I attempted organized the chaos a little. I arranged a few meetings, helped to coalesce a few ideas, instead of things flying all over the field. What's neat about this is that the people I am working with don't feel like I am stepping on their toes, at least I don't think so. They actually seem to appreciate it. Of course, only time will tell on that issue. I have learned quite a bit in the last five years about organizing things, and arranging things because I had to working with Scouts. I also had to learn how to deal with many, many different personalities, and not let it get personal. That experience is helping me now. Kinda neat when you do something for someone else, deal with the ups and downs that come with it, and you can learn from it and apply it back in a positive way in your life. Of course it's only 9 days into the new year, and the pessimist in me (who many times out weighs the optimist), says that they are just appearing on the surface to like this, and behind the scenes and my back, they are gabbing about how I have "taken over". Well, for now the optimist is winning, and I don't really think that's happening... Again, only time will tell for sure. Check back, in a few weeks, or months, and I will let you know which side wins! Neat huh? Do me one last favor, keep the survivors of the tsunami in your prayers. They need that more than just about anything.

New Year

Well, I am starting off 2005 with a "Bang"... or is that a "Crash". I trashed the web site. I deleted everything I had on the site, and what's worse I didn't have a backup, or was the deleted pages in the recycle bin... So, that means I am rebuilding the site from scratch. It could be a good thing... It may be better than it was, since I have learned quite a bit in trying to recover it!

I decided to keep the same look and feel for starters, but I am completely redoing the content. I have gotten the main page, and the "Interests" pages back up. I have also revived this Blog. Hurray... I lost some of the inline pictures, but nothing that can't be replaced.

So the new year is here. Outside of backing up my web page, and other important data, I haven't made any resolutions. I suppose that's the expected thing to do, so I guess I will have to do that. What's a good resolution? Loose weight? Stop some bad habit (biting my nails)? Stick to my budget? Hmmm... I will have to think on that. Tomorrow (actually today) I return to work, after being on vacation for 2 weeks. I should be in bed getting a good night's rest for my first day back, but I am in no mood for sleep... I suppose it wouldn't be good to stay up all night. Ok, off to bed I go.