Decisions

My wife is asleep now. She's getting in her school routine. She had a very good first day at her new job today, and I'm so happy for her. Even with a long drive, it's a much better place for her to be.

Now if I can find where I should be -- career-wise.

I'm at a location going through a bit of turbulence.

Everyone, including the people that hired me, said this would likely be a stepping-stone for me. One of them told me that if I was still there in two years -- meaning that I hadn't advanced beyond a small weekly newspaper -- something would be wrong.

Well, I'm not going to say I've done everything I need to do to move up, but I'm confident enough in my abilities to know that I can. I'm trying to decide what level is an appropriate next-step. Also, at the moment, I can't just look for anything, because we're locked into a lease that goes until next June, and my wife will have to work a year at this job. There are a few places I could move to that are within an hour of where I live, but most are owned by the same company I work for now. I'm not saying I wouldn't make such a move, but I'm just trying to make steady improvements and see how that goes.

I may offer up some of the work I've done and get some thoughts from the few of you that read this.

I apologize for being so sporadic in writing. I've had lots to say, but little time to say it. Plus, when I'm writing almost all of the A-section news hole, and taking numerous pictures every week, it's hard to rest from the work.

Plus, outside of my wife, I don't have real friends around here. It's not to say that I won't, but it's hard. Plus, I miss soccer. I don't get to go to nearly as many games or even watch as many. I'm almost two hours from the nearest professional team. I went almost five years without missing a home game for two teams (three if you count the three years the women's professional league existed), and now it's a game here, a game there. I'm missing Beckham at RFK in DC tomorrow to cover a school board meeting, and I'm hoping I'll be finished with the photo assignment in time to drive to a game Saturday.

There's a lot of job stuff I need to sort through, so I hope to write more.