A “Pyle” of Stories

Wow, have I been this social networking kick and have totally neglected my blogging duties. Between Facebook, Twitter, and other sites, I’ve just lost myself in all of this other stuff. Part of it too has been all the changes that I continue to undergo in my life. I would have never thought in a million years that divorce would reek such havoc on me in all the areas of my life. Leave it to me to learn things the hard way. Oh well. I consider this space that I’m in to finally be the beginning of my “rebirth”. I’m finally getting close to being comfortable in my own skin and this new track of life in being single. Should be a lot of fun though moving forward.

Just some light updates, so that I don’t bombard everyone with a play by play of the last 4 months or so.

I did finally finish up on the house for the time being. The painting I wanted to get done is done. Which is a good thing. I’ve managed to get some cleaning activities lined up too so that maybe my house won’t be such a bachelor pad and disgusting going forward. Chipper is doing well. She’s a mini horse and very fluffy right now. What a great dog and friend she’s become. I left my previous job and took on a couple of contracts. I always wanted to get back to contracting. And quite frankly, divorce is EXPENSIVE! And the fastest way to build my bankroll back up, well start working by the hour ;-D Oh, and I managed to get rid of the Escape and get myself the car that I’ve wanted for a while. I landed a Mustang GT a few weeks ago. I LOVE it. I missed my old one so much, that I figured why not get another one.

Those are of course highlights into my world. I’m back to learning on the technical side of things in my professional life which is good. I’ve dived into ASP.NET’s MVC framework and doing quite a bit of work with NHibernate which is a slick ORM. And I’m working again with Steve. A long time friend that I learn a lot from and who I enjoy working with. We are putting together an online health and wellness portal. Should be fun. When it rolls out later next month, I’ll supply a link.

I’ll provide more later as we get back into this. I’m thinking I’m going to be less and less Facebook and more blogging again. I like having a little more control of things for some reason. I might still tweet, since it is so easy, but I do miss the interaction with everyone.

Ben Default Chip, journey, life