What the...?

Well friends, as some of you may have noticed I have been absent from blog-land for quite some time. I have been putting my thoughts into Facebook.com - I've found it very easy (particularly since I can use my cell phone and just send quick little instant messages that update my status as often as I like)

Twitter has also bee heavily utilized since it is also very quick and easy to post to.

For those who don't have me set as a friend in Facebook, I thought I should update this page so I can give people a general update.

My life has gone completely crazy, and is now on a sort of a rebound.

I incorporated my business this summer, then over the next several months moved into an office and hired several new people. I had a big project which I thought would afford me the opportunity to really develop my team and set me up as more of a manager versus the one doing all the work.

I did not time my decisions well. I ended up trying to build a team, train them to do the work I needed, while I still needed to do a majority of the heavy lifting of getting the work done. It was a very dark time for me, I had a really hard time keeping my head up and feeling as though I could get through the challenging time and move back into normalcy.

My time with my family completely disappeared, I stopped drawing, I didn't have time for anything but work and it was miserable.

In the past few weeks, though, the folks I hired this summer have really started coming together and getting stuff done. I also am now contracting a more senior-level developer, who I hope will help me with the more difficult tasks that I end up facing as a programmer.

We are in the midst of a very big project with a fast turn-around, so this will be a good test of our team. Our baby will likely be born the week before Christmas, so we only have a few weeks until things go bananas for us - and I am really shooting to have the big project done before then.

If we haven't posted this information already: we are having a boy. We are still deciding on a name - that seems to be much harder for us this time (not sure why)

I also wanted to say "thanks" to Steffen - who sent a very cool, thoughtful postcard to our family from Australia.

Post comments if you aren't on facebook and would like to see me update my blog more often.

.peace.