Back again

Times are tough and the world is not going to give me a handout or bailout. I have to create my own, and get out of this hole. Over the last 5 or 6 months, I have been in contact with my old friend from UIG and my own boss also. Through this reconnection, we have gotten ourselves a great place to live, and we are excited about that. It is so much better for the cats - they LOVE to go outside and run around in the yard! That is like a playground beyond dreams for a cat - if only there were a tree or two they could climb without being able to get out over the fence. We love it here, and it already feels like home - we are having a "housewarming"/birthday party for me on the 30th. I am turning 30 in a few short weeks, that is starting to be less depressing every day. I realize that getting older is just natural and you can't avoid it. One thing that I am looking forward to in my 30's will be to start working again full time back in the insurance business. I have missed that over the past year, and there is, what I feel to be, a great opportunity. Things are not looking good now at Oce, and they are not showing signs of turning around. This does not mean that I am the one who bounces from job to job every year or two. It just means that I haven't found the right company to stay several years with. I thought I had that a few years ago, and this is very similar to the old UIG system, but much better. I wouldn't leave Oce for another UIG, but I will leave Oce for a good opportunity. I am lucky to have a great supportive wife who is behind me 110%, and I love her dearly because she has stuck by my side through thick and thin, I plan on making it out of this shit hole soon. I deserve it and she does too, we deserve it. Here's to the future and good riddance to bad rubbish - what a waste of a year that was at Oce, although I did learn some things - overall it was a bad decision (it was one at the time that I needed to make).

Here's to a new beginning to the past.