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Back with the living

Well, I quit posting quite precipitously there for awhile, and now I'm back. I hope you didn't miss me too much. Here's the deal: I came back from a trip to Michigan one fine Monday in May morning and decided to make a change on the work front. I put out a resume the next day and by Friday I had a new job at a highly respectable allied health care association. YAY!

So I ate bonbons for a couple of weeks and started work on Monday, June 19th. (Although I did attend my new gig's conference in San Francisco over Memorial Day weekend, and had a blast.) In between there, I was really actively trying to sort of "fast" from the internet, professional stuff, etc. I did read a lot, but you know, I read things like The Scarlet Letter and gardening books. I also got caught up with some "administrivia" around the house.

I also went to my spousal unit's conference in San Antonio, which was great. Our hotel was right on the River Walk and I spent some time at the pool and I went to the San Antonio Botanical Garden, which was good but you basically run across burning silica from one plant to the next.

I noticed that ASAE has a blog called Acronym and that's great. I also have been moving around on different computers, etc., and so I've been having a hard time keeping up with my RSS feeds so I'm a little out of the loop. I'm starting to get the feeling that I don't have anything else to say blogwise. I'll snap out of it though, but I may have to refocus. Stay tuned.

Oh, I wanted to mention, my brother Paul now has a blog. He programs X-Box games for Electronic Arts in Orlando, Florida.

Oh, and my article in Associations Now came out. Hope you liked it.

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