Damn Has it really been over three weeks since my last post. Holy crap. You would think I didn't care about this.

Truth is I was in Columbus for 2 weeks, then home for a long weekend (which included Kate's surgery) and then back in Columbus of another week (short that is).

The nice thing is that at the end of my two weeks I found out that I have a transition date. I will be moving to development on the 19th of May. That means the more money...but mostly it means that the travel will no longer dominate my destiny.

There is a part of me that will me the travel. Heck, who wouldn't want to see new places, stay in hotels, eat out for free, and work ungodly hours and never actually see the places that you go. Wait, did that whole last sentence not seem like positives. Must be because traveling for work is not.

Over the past seven years I have had some really great times on the road. I have also had some really rotten ones. They are not always because the job is bad...sometimes it is because I am not at home.

I will probably always remember the time in Reno, NV as the best. The job went really well, the location was awesome, and I was 100% in tune with the customer. The worst was only 3 months later in Torrence, CA. The job went really badly, the location was great, and I had 0% desire to be out of town. That job was the first time that I thought that I no longer wanted to do what I do. I didn't really think that I would change my career at the time but when my next review came around suddenly I did not want what was going to be next for me.

I am excited for the change. There must be something to the 7 year thing. When I hit 7 years in my current job suddenly my desire to do it was gone. I also think that the change will challenge me in a way that I have not been in a while. It is a little scary but as with all things I must trust the skills that got me this far.  ¶ 21:56