New Beginning

Today I felt like I did something useful again at work. Now that my last project is fading into a memory, I am able to get started fresh on something new. Last week I headed out to Montreal for a few days for some client meetings. I was a little concerned about the French speaking part, but luckily it never really became an issue.

The meetings were very productive and it was nice to feel like a consultant again. After spending the last 10 months as a puppet and scapegoat, I was really questioning whether or not I even wanted to stay in this industry at all. How quickly that can change given the right environment. So here I am, doing the job I am supposed to be doing and feeling much better about everything. In fact, I even had a bit of a geek moment today when I was asked to talk about virtual classroom content and best practices. I think I bombarded poor Jim with a lot of information.

Other than work, life is good. Drama continues to ebb and flow around me, but still somehow I manage to avoid getting too caught up in it. I had to take care of a friend yesterday and I was certainly glad to help in whatever way I could.

I am still spending a lot of time on Facebook. I figured it would taper off after the honeymoon period, but it is still pretty addicting. What has suffered these long months is this blog. I suppose I just felt that all I had to say started and ended with a complaint and ranting about it was going to bore me and anyone else reading this, so why bother? I am trying to get back in the swing of regular updates now.

It’s strange to think about being out of practice with just jotting my thoughts down, and yet I sat here for a bit with a white page just wondering where to begin. It just dawned on me that I do that for every entry. Truly, once you start it just gets easier.

I wish I had some new fun event coming up to talk about, but so far nothing on the horizon until May. I think I am getting a visit from my brother-in-law in April, which is always nice. Other than that, looks like things will be fairly quiet. (Did I just jinx myself with that?)