Digg ThisChange is in the air. Lots of changes — lots of ‘em.
First off, I have three web sites under construction, two of which are on hold, and the third will go live some time next week. That third one, by the way, is a members-only site.
Then there is good ole’ CB itself, which will be sporting a few changes with my coming anniversary next month. I can’t address those changes here — yet — but I will in due time. Let’s just leave it that I’m sprucing up the site, as well as making it faster. No, I’m not upgrading to WordPress 2.0, either — but I might at some point. I just don’t see the need for a WYSIWYG interface.
I am also waiting on approval to create another site, which hopefully will come some time this week. This is the one that’s making me anxious.
I hate waiting. Absolutely hate it.
Not that I’m not patient — if I’m anything, I’m patient. What gets to me is that this approval for the one site is the gateway to bigger and better things for me and my career, an opportunity that I can’t miss. It’s the difference between comfort and dreams on the one side, and another lean year at the Bend on the other. Your prayers are deeply appreciated, however you pray, and to whomever you pray to (as long as it isn’t evil).
Patience is an ally of mine, truth be told. I got married at the tender age of 44; I waited, and it turned out that it was the proper choice, as I’m far better off with my bride than I would be if I had married one of my prior relationships.
My career passion, web design and development, didn’t exist when I attended Ohio State. That didn’t come for almost 15 years after I left that fine institution. Again, I waited, and I’m glad I did: I really love the work.
The one place where I’m not as patient as I should be (and I usually don’t “should” myself) is in my attempt to lose weight: I want to reach my long-term goal now, not next week, next month, or 20 weeks from now (which is the healthy term, and the plan I’m on). I want it now.
Quite frankly, it’s harder work than I anticipated, and it’s not the easiest thing I have ever done, regardless of the excellent results I have achieved in the last 11 weeks (32.6 pounds lost).
So, what am I doing at the moment?
I’m sitting in the Wickliffe Arabica on Euclid Avenue and E. 293rd, avoiding the cold, sucking down some decaf, web surfing, blogging, listening to my iPod, thinking about the delicious, ice-cold Samuel Adams Black Lager I plan to quaff this Saturday night, and avoiding creating the slide show I need for a presentation I have to do next week.
I guess it’s in its own holding pattern.
*Sigh*
Back to work…
(73.8 — 32.6 — 41.2)
