Hello.  It’s me.  Remember me?  Everyone’s favorite traveling consultant exploring strange new worlds and seeking out new life and new civilizations?? Haha, I kid, well not really cause I’m a trekkie at heart.  It’s been a while since I’ve written anything only because well, there’s hasn’t been much that’s been going on lately.  I’m not jet setting every week like I used to and my travels are limited to less-than-exotic places like Bristol, TN, Dallas, TX, and Raleigh, NC.  I think the most exciting thing was BBQ in these places but boy did they have some damn good barbeque.  It’s strange how they’ve sent me to all the BBQ places.  I think there might be a secret plot to become a renowned BBQ food critic.  Actually, I would love to be a food critic if I could.  If it’s one vice that I have it’s good eats. 

So to recap my hiatus, I’ve been up to a lot of nothing and a whole lot of work.  Well, that’s not true.  I’ve managed to find some time to pick up some rock climbing again here and there and visit old friends and make some pretty good new ones.  Life always throws you the unexpected but you always have to take each day as if it’s your very last one and make the best of it.  So that’s why I’ve made a promise to myself to seize the moment.  Carpe diem!

I remember it wasn’t too long ago that I went through this period in my life where I was unhappy with my career and needed change.  I was living the NYC life and traveling every single week for 3 years.  I loved it.  I liked the hustle and bustle, seeing all the people running around, the convenience, the ambiance of the city.  Everything about the city I loved, but my job was getting tiresome and I was starting to really hate how I was just another cog in the whole corporate ladder (not that it’s really all that much different at where I’m at right now except it’s a smaller corporate ladder).  I did a lot of life planning and didn’t really get very far with it, but I knew I wanted something new and different.  I definitely wanted change.  Don’t you ever have that lingering feeling that something is missing but can’t put your finger on it?
 
So now I have change.  I found something I was looking for.  Was it the change I was looking for?  I’m not too sure exactly, but it’s working out so far except for a few kinks that need to be ironed out (some kinks have been ironed out hehe).  I’m in a grey area, a state that I’ve never been in and somewhat unsure of where to go from here.  I don’t know where that puts me, but I do know that it’s been a great ride that I don’t know when it will end, when I'll need to hop off or if I even want to hop off.