It seems like I tend to neglect my blog for a while, then announce that I’m going to dive back in to it.  I write a post or two, then it tapers off, and before you know it, THREE MONTHS have passed without any activity.  Here we go again….

When we last saw each other, there was a lot of shit going on that I couldn’t talk about.  This is primarily why I stopped writing – the things on my mind weren’t things I could tell the world.  Here’s a recap (it’s a doozy)!

  • I’d been generally unhappy at work since Christmas.  I had a lot of trouble focusing on small tasks, and found myself working really hard not to be angry at people who didn’t (necessarily) deserve it.
  • From the stress of it all, I started having heart palpitations.  I went to the doctor (which I’ve mentioned before), and she told me there was nothing physically wrong.  She sent me to a behavioral therapist to try to talk through my stress.
  • I ran across this article on the wonderful Eat. Drink. Better. blog in February.  I couldn’t talk about it because I didn’t want to freak out my employers, but Oh. My. God.  They have graduate programs for exactly the kind of things I’ve been spending all my free time learning about!  Those of you who know me well know that I think about food constantly.  Cooking, eating, nutrition, sustainability, you name it.  Now, Montana is not high on my list of places to live, but it got me thinking – and researching – and now I have a short list of universities to apply to if I decide to really do this (continue reading, other circumstances may change in the next year).
  • Thinking about school immediately lifted my spirits, and I started feeling much better.  After a month or two, though, it sank in that this couldn’t happen for at least a year, and the day-to-day realities started to bring me back down again (and the panic attacks got MUCH worse).  I got put on anti-anxiety/anti-depressant medication.  Yay!
  • At the end of March I did what I always do when GDC comes to town – I went to work during the day, and hit the parties at night.  It was good to catch up with out-of-town friends, but then an unexpected thing happened – a job opportunity!  Now, my thought process around this decision was very involved, and too long for this particular blog post.  Long story short, I took a job working for Jet Set Games – in Las Vegas!  No, Jon did not move with me (yet).
  • So I’ve been here in Vegas for about a month.  So far, so great!  I am working on iPhone development, which feels very fresh and cutting-edge.  Everyone I work with is fantastic.  I’m never cold here!  Mostly, I am having time by myself to clear my head from all the clutter that’s been building up over the last six months.  In a year, I should know whether the software industry is where I want to stay.  This feels like the kind of company where I can be really happy – cool people who know what they’re doing, short project cycles, new exciting platform.  A lot can happen in that time, but for now I am putting all of my energies into Jet Set and getting settled in Vegas!

That’s all the hush-hush-can’t-talk news I was holding inside.  TMI?

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Also, how did I not watch So You Think You Can Dance until now?  That show is fantastic!