friday news

Well the week is drawing to a close. Thank God.

For the past month I've been working on a project using a relatively new technology called "Flex" from Macromedia. Flex is cool. Flex is expensive. Flex can build amazing applications. Flex has a steep learning curve.

I am completely exhausted from lack of sleep (I've been averaging about 3 hours a night) and pushing myself mentally.

I am excited to be working with Flex, however, as it seems to be on the verge of very wide adoption, and there are relatively few people in the world who know how to use it. We'll see if I find any paying projects that require its use.

I haven't given a full wrap-up of what all is going on in a while, so let me take this opportunity to do so.

We are closing on a house here in Fort Collins on the 27th of this month. My friend Todd got his dream job with the Colorado Division of Wildlife, and as a result decided to sell their house, and they asked us if we wanted to buy it. We did. This house used to belong to the pastor of PEAK Community Church, Tim Kraft, and his wife Sherrill.

Tim and Sherrill are great friends, and Nancy and I spent many evenings at the Kraft's house while we were in college and dating. The house holds many great memories, and it is a neat house. It is on a large lot and has a lot of room for our family. We are very excited to move in.

We are having a baby in October. I'm going to keep on writing to see if you are really reading or if you are just skimming and missed that last sentence. We are excited about this as well.

I am going to be doing a fair amount of travelling in the coming months. This month we are going to Nancy's cousin's wedding in Kansas. Next month I am taking at least one, perhaps two trips to Nebraska to visit the family on the ranch and help them with their Prairie Dog problem. I will also be taking a trip in June to NE for the same reason. June will also be the month of our 9-year wedding anniversary, and we are making plans to take a little trip for that as well.

My friends Andy and Jon are coming out for one of the trips to NE in May. Then Dan and Bill are coming for the trip in July. Dan visited last summer as well.

Work-wise, in addition to all the Flex stuff I've been helping Studio North with, I have also started working with a local design company called One Tribe. They seem like a great group of people, and I hope to be a good fit in working with them on technology projects.

That's it for now. I'm going to walk away from the keyboard for a bit and rest my monitor-weary eyes.