I put myself into self-imposed exile, proceeded to make a jackass out of myself at Devin's site, dropped out of the web pretty much altogether, came to my senses and came back hat-in-hand to CHUD.
Real-Life tm wise, I have been very busy with work, etc. I found I was getting a bit burnt out from working with technology all of the time, so I have cut back on external consulting alomst 100% and gotten a job at a pizza place (Little Caesar's, to be precise) working as a pizza-makin' fool. I work full-time at a graphic arts firm here in Winnipeg as a web programmer, so that gets pretty intense as it is. The consulting at home on top of that was nice money-wise, but sanity-wise, not at all. The pizza job has been I think my most brilliant descision yet, as it allows me to burn off all kinds of nervous energy and turn my mind virtually off for a few hours a week (I do like 6-9 hours a week...nothing major). The pay is shit but I am getting some much-needed mental R & R.
I have also been able to work on my marriage a lot more since stopping the consulting work. My wife and I are getting along very well again, which has also done wonders to my stress-levels.
Kids are doing great also. My youngest turns 3 tomorrow and is a terror. My oldest finishes off first grade on Friday. She is in French-Immersion (meaning that most of her course cirriculum is taught in both English and French) and doing quite well.
Nothing else really to report. I haven't spoken with many of you since I took off, so take a minute and fill me in via here or PM when you get the chance. It seems like many things have changed here since I was away, for the better IMHO.
DIVA:
I am not done your birthday present as of yet...I have been trying to stay away from the computer while at home, so yes, work proceeds, but nothing complete yet. DOn't hate me, I was going a bit mental and needed to slow the fuck down, you know?
