Been a long time

Wow, i must be having fun, cause time sure is flying!
Big day tomorrow, it's officially my last day as an HP employee. Without going into the minutia of it, i was told i had to move to Texas in order to keep my job, and we don't have a desire to leave family, friends and the Pacific Northwest, so instead of waiting till the last minute to be kicked off the bus, i found a stop i liked and got off. I'm bummed to leave a job that i was good at, that i enjoyed (most of the time) and the people i worked with, but such is how the world turns. I'm going back to school in aspirations of getting a GIS (geographic information systems) certificate from Oregon State University. It should take just over a year to get the certificate, so i'm hoping the economy picks up by then and i'll be able to find a job in that field. First term went well, i took two courses to make sure i was interested and motivated to be in school, and i ended up earning a 3.87 GPA - not too shabby for an old dude like me :)
I'm "taking the summer off", working around the house, taking some trips to see family & friends, etc. I'm excited for the downtime and have already gotten off to a pretty decent start.
I'll try to find time to take some pictures and post some info about what's going on - i *should* have more time now ...