Chugging along

3 weeks back from PTO and Im getting back in my groove. How do I know I'm back in my groove, you ask? I wake up every morning not knowing and not really caring what day of the week it is. Once I hit that phase the time starts flying and it seems like every other day I wake up is a Friday. Its pretty nice actually.

Life here has gotten very repetitive since I last posted and its been getting very hard to come up with things to blog about. Im working on it though... I just dont think that a post will come every day anymore.

Back from vacation with a new role

I got back from vacation earlier this week - to watch my only sibling get married... yay Christine :c) - and I've been full throttle trying to get caught up on the goings-on here, getting over my jet lag, and adjusted to my new role. I was asked to spearhead the planning and development effort for the next major version of our application, and Ive spent the last several days feeling my way out around here to determine how much time I'm actually going to be able to spend doing this while continuing to support and maintain the existing system thats already in place.

Ive decided to refocus my time here on education, both professional and personal. While I won't be taking any formal training, I've ordered several books on photography and travel that I fully intend to hit hard and learn as much as possible and put into real-life situations here, even with my limited opportunities. Additionally, I've dusted off some programming reference books that I'm hoping to learn cover-to-cover and absorb as much as possible about the languages I'm using here. Software development, for now at least, is my bread and butter and I don't want to fall behind on things because I'm getting distracted with other things. Hopefully I can maintain my focus and keep on it.

The photo above is a photo I took of the Lincoln Memorial while I was home, and is one of my new favorite photos I've taken. More Iraq photos to come soon :c)