This has been a month of significant moments. I turned 50 the other day…years that is…or, 618 full moons, five decades, or one half a century depending on what perspective you want to use for the moment. One of the earliest memories I have is when JFK was assassinated in Dallas. It was the day before my 6th birthday. Now AARP is sending me offers in the mail.
I finished my Masters degree. My final report is delivered and the oral presentation went well, the comprehensive final is over and now the only thing left is waiting for the diploma to show up in the mail. I will now have more of that elusive “free time” which has been significantly lacking for the past four years and I am endeavoring to decide just what to do with it. Aside from catching up on a lengthy to-do list I may look at resurrecting some old dreams. Continue reading
I am working a new program these days. The program I was assigned to has finished up. It happened a little earlier than we expected but it is good to finally have it finished. The company has been real good about finding positions for everyone. Most of the people joined an expanding program over at one of our other buildings where they are getting ready to work on modernizing some of our ballistic missile early warning systems. Most of those systems were built back in the 70’s and are in serious need of updating. I was looking at joining them but was offered a position with the RAIDRS program in the same building I am currently working in. 
