1 Year

So as of last Friday it was one year since I started at Neon.

It was a crazy year last year with some pretty serious life events taking place - finding out Jill and I were having a baby, getting married, starting a new job, having Kenzie and of course the hospital time, travel, and stress that came from having a child with cardiac issues.

Thankfully, Neon was incredibly flexible ( far beyond what we could have expected ) in allowing me to take 5 weeks to be in Edmonton without any kind of reductions to salary or pressure to get back to work.  That combined with the jobs considerable lack of stress compared to what I left at the deadline driven SAIT / Xerox environment - it was truly a godsend.  The stress on the homefront was difficult enough without any outside factors.

Its been a great work year, and overall a great year ( despite the tough times )  - the job is good, Kenzie is doing well and scheduled for her full repair in May, Jill and I are still strong together and although we still have things on our plate, going forward all you can do is stay optimistic and work to better our lives and do what we need to to give us the best chance at happiness - I do believe everything will turn out good in the end, I can see that vision for us its just the road to getting there has had detours and taken us down some paths that we didn't plan on, but I think thats part of life.  Whats that saying, 'You can plan a picnic but not predict the weather' ?  Is that a saying or just some lyrics I remember from an Outkast song?  Either way, its true.

A good year.  Except for the Canucks.  But thats ... another story entirely - At least there weren't riots.  Anyway, I had a couple beer bought for me last week so that was really cool.  A great work environment that when I come home from a day at work I'm in a good mood, happy to see my wife and baby girl.  Pretty awesome, what more can you ask for?