.update.on.the.last.1.5.months.

so yes, i've been on hiatus. i've actually been really busy this whole time.

i know you're all dying to hear the secret news that i had earlier...right?? well, it was that i got a new job. and i had to wait a lil while before i could give my 2 weeks notice since my start date wasn't until the end of july. but i made it. and i updated all the documentation that was required before i left. so i felt good about leaving. it was really sad, and i'll miss most of the people i was around. but it was time to go. it was so easy to be viewed as a superstar employee there, and i needed something more...something they couldn't give me. i was so relaxed over there, pretty much lazy. i had no challenge; at least a challenge that i thought would help me in the long run. i just didn't want to take it anymore. so i left. they counter-offered, and i almost couldn't pass it up. but i did. because that only would have satisfied me for a few months, but i would have been in the exact same position as i was in june.

my new company, and really my new group is full of ex-consultants. they all have this go-getter attitude. and work their asses off, always striving to add value wherever they go. it's great. surprisingly. i now have to work so much harder now to be viewed as a top performer. which is what i think i needed. things may move really slow here, but it's ok. at least for now. i know i can take these experiences with me wherever i go. every place i've been to, no matter how much i end up hating it at the end, always gives me something i can take with me and learn from.

so i work at this company where i know so many random people in different groups. that's kinda cool. the worst thing about this new place though, is that it's like a vault. no external emails access, no external IMs. i feel like i'm in a cage, like a dog...

speaking of dogs, we've decided to get a puggle. my ex-coworker got a puggle, and after seeing pictures and researching, i think this is the dog for us. it gets really lonely sometimes when a travels, that i told him i'd like to have a dog around for some company. i know it'll be hard work, esp that first month, but it's ok. i've accepted that it will be hard, so i don't need to keep hearing it...the goal date is after hawaii, which is after the marathon.

speaking of marathon, i'm outting myself now. i've decided to run the marathon again (chicago). i didn't want to tell too many people for fear that i'd get injured again, but this is the 1/2 way mark with training, and i'm cautiously optomistic that i can finish this one too. i just need to keep up with the runs, and figure out a way to do those mid-week-sorta-long-runs. i'm following higdon's novice training program...curious to see what it's like? click here .

so that's the quick 2 minute update on me.

anyone still read this thing??