Change, come again it has.

I've made a career jump from Web Technologist to Systems Administrator. It's not that big of jump as I did a lot of System Administration to support my Web Technologist needs but now I'll be doing even more. I spent day one doing paperwork and despite the fact that most paperwork is boring and mundane I was completely energized by the people around me.

The feeling you get when surrounded by a bunch of people who share similar interests and brain capacity is pure awesomeness.

Consider this one of those "Yet more reasons why I love X!" where X equals Drupal.

I am presently swamped with work both at work and at home. This is both good and bad. It's good because I hate being trapped with nothing to do. I can find things to do at home should there ever come a time when I'm less than swamped but that time has yet to appear on the horizon. But being at work with nothing to do is just plain awful.

On July 29, 2009 I was recognized for my work on a project. I've been asked several times over exactly what it is that I did to receive such an honor. Here is my feeble attempt at doing so...

The original process:

Step 1 : Generate two forms in an electronic format. Transmit these forms via email to all persons responsible for completing them. (~100 recipients)

Step 2 : Recipients of the forms complete them and then return them either via email, fax, or internal snail mail. Each form is 2 pages long. (~400 total pages)

Wednesday, 9:00 PM - Zonk! I'm out cold. I should sleep very well tonight which means that tomorrow will be a very productive day at work.

Thursday, 12:15 AM - Ouch! @#%&! My throat should not feel like this. Well, there goes getting any sleep. I'm wide awake now, guess I'll play some wow. Maybe grinding on a low level toon will help me sleep (it normally does).

One of my co-workers found out yesterday that he may be deployed to Iraq.

I'm at a loss for words. I barely know him, but I would consider him a friend. The thought of him going is not something that settles well.

If it feels this bad when someone I barely know goes, I can't imagine a close family member going.

are useless.

So the boss walks in today and says "I promised [*The Big Boss] that he could have this website by tomorrow. Come see me in 10 minutes and we'll go over it."

Did I mention how often this happens? I really do enjoy my job and this happens everywhere, not just here. But we are not talking about a simple little thing. We are talking about roughly 20 pages of content that must look nice.

So of course, everything else gets put on hold until this is done.

*Name excluded to protect the innocent

If there is one thing that is really, really, really cool about my job...well, there isn't just one, there are many.

So many that I can't even begin to describe them.

I just love my job. And that is something that I haven't been able to say in a long, long time.

Don't dare wake me from this dream or I'll have to hurt you.

One might say that having goals is a good thing. But what does one do when life is such a fluid journey down a road that changes often and leads to unexpected adventures?

One gets over it and keeps on moving so as not to hold up traffic.

Ten years ago my only goal was to be sitting in front of a computer making lots of money. One month ago my only goal was to be challenged even if it meant less money. Goals mean nothing if they can never be reached. Money isn't everything, happiness is. I'm happy. Hell, I'm ecstatic.

So I call up the now former client to inquire about the final paycheck and such and during the conversation he basically says that it was a personality conflict.

PERSONALITY CONFLICT!?!?!?