The New Life

This close to the New Year and you'd think that was some sort of typo but in all reality, it's more of a description of my family and I's life these days. Again, I'm in Syracuse. The job is going well and it looks like it's going to work out for the long term but it has not been without it's hiccups. This week has been an interesting one - the company that I've been working with for less than two months now has been "aquired" by York Telecom and so the polo shirts they gave me last week are now obsolete. Probably a good thing that they didn't give me business cards quite yet.

As opposed to the last time there was upheaval in a company I was working for and where I was promised I had nothing to worry about and that my job was safe, I do really believe this is the case this time. My boss Derek told me that he's been working on this aquisition for months and he brought me in knowing it was going to happen. Add to that the fact that my partner engineer just gave his notice of resignation and I'm feeling pretty secure about now. I feel bad that Daniel is leaving. It's a little scary as I don't really have a good grasp of "the ropes" as it were but, well, people have to do what's best for them and, as I told him, I wish him the absolute best.

Regarding the family, Heather's only a few short weeks from giving birth. Before my birthday we'll be a family of four. The house is a mess but it's in that packing sort of mess as we're getting ready to move. We've been looking at houses and it seems that, as of late, all of our energy has been put towards moving north.

So, with the new year comes a new home, a new company, a new child and just all sorts of new stuff. With it comes the loss of a lot of bad stuff. No more being sick in Cincinnati (constantly), no more piss poor economic market where there are no jobs, no more polluted air and dirty Ohio river and no more IFOs. (The Kentucky term for folks from Ohio, "Idiots from Ohio". NOt like they're any smarter). Some people like Cincinnati - they can frikkin keep it. I think I can speak for all of us when I say that it's a welcome change.