ace’s blog

Of course I mean my interest in my current job.  It seems I can’t stand to stay at a place for over a year (check my linkedin.com profile).  There are a few LANSA contracts in central Florida but with the economy behaving the way it is, I think I’m too nervous to take that step and work for myself. Meri can tell when I’m fed up with my jobs and last night, she told me that she would be OK renting the house and moving again. That’s the last thing I want to do. We’ve moved 4 times since I graduated from college and I’m sick of packing up all my junk and moving it around. I’d rather stay in central Florida as long as possible. I thought about maybe going to school to get a masters degree in something from UCF but I don’t think now is the time for that. Meri and I were talking and she’s very interested in going back to school to be a teacher. Right now, she’s looking at getting a master’s degree for herself. She’s looking to be finished in about two years.  That’s not a whole lot of time and we’ll be more than comfortable living on my income alone. We’ve been doing it for the past couple of months and we haven’t HAD to slow down our spending; we have cut back but not out of need, I just want to start putting a lot more away for retirement. I’ve also become very interested in getting back into web development. Basically, I’d like to do what I was doing at my last job, just with a stable company this time!

In other, less pleasant news, we’re flying up to Massachusetts to visit the in-laws and yes, we’re flying with both of our kids! In more pleasant news, we’re going to celebrate Aaron’s 4th birthday birthday while we are up there and and also let the rest of the family meet Eli for the first time. Aaron’s birthday is next Tuesday, May 6th.

I think that’s enough rambling for now. I have another blog that I’ve been posting short posts to, it’s at dfktv.com. Also, if you have any idea what Twitter is, follow me!  I can be found here.  Twitter is pretty damned addictive, especially if you use it in conjunction with twhirl!

I just sent my application to the University of Memphis! YAY!!!

1 item down, several to go!

[X] (1) Apply to UoM.

[ ] (2) Request official transcript from UNF.

[ ] (3) Take GRE (should happen in April 2006).

[ ] (4) Two Recommendation Letters. My current choices are my immediate manager, Jeff Michael, and his boss, Gaby Sgolombis.

[ ] (5) Wait.

I’ve been pretty unhappy since moving to Memphis. I think ultimately, I’m unhappy with my career. I don’t think I like doing the same thing everday. I’m not really helping anybody or anything like that. I just sit here and type. The unhappiness has really effected the quality of my marriage and my life as of late. Meri and I are arguing a lot and I’m saying some very mean things towards the woman I chose to be my wife. Since I know I don’t want to lose my wife and son, I think I should consider trying to make myself happy and all other things should fall into place. Meri and I were brainstorming last night and she thought that maybe I would be happy if I started to teach. At first, I didn’t think I liked that idea but the more I thought about it, the more I could see myself being a math or computer teacher. Since I’m fairly competant with both subjects, I think I owe it to myself and my family to try to make a change. This won’t be a quick thing move either, I have some research to do. I am planning on going back to school to pursue a masters in computer science with an emphasis on mathematics. The local university (University of Memphis) has a masters program in CS so I will begin to check that out. I also need to find out if there is any demand, or will be any in 3 years or so, for math teachers in HS or if they even offer computer classes. If they don’t have demand, then I may try to be an adjunct at a college or something. Who knows? Lots of questions now. I’m excited about maybe teaching but definitely going back to school. I just hope this is what I’m looking for out of life. It would be nice to feel like I’m helping people with other things than making them richer (Terminix made over a billion dollars for the first time in 2005)!