baby steps

well, its been awhile since i last posted. here is a quick summary of what has been going on:

I finished up my job at PLS. Things went well, and I was sad to go... but I am still really excited about my move to Autodesk. Working for a company for over 6 years, you really get comfortable, both in good and bad ways. I will miss those guys alot & i wish them the best.

Although I will be going through some pretty hefty training once I start, I still wanted to get a leg up on the software, so I have been studying almost daily. Hopefully this will pay off once the real training starts later this week ;)

Christmas was nice. I always get kinda depressed right afterwards.

My tests came back negative for Lyme. This is a good thing. However, I still feel very fatigued when on the bike. Add that to the fact I took a full 2 months completely off from any form of exercise, and it makes even tougher to get going.

Me & allie joined the gym a few weeks ago, and I have been working on the elliptical machine & adding some light jogging. With cyclo-cross a full 9 months away, I dont really see a need to be on the trainer in december. at least in any structured way. That being said, I am still trying to get some saddle time in. Like I said, its been a tough start. After about 30mins, I was dying. I mean, having trouble getting the Powertap to tell me I am doing anything above my recovery zone! yikes. But im sticking with it. Today I rode a full 60mins. which, although sounds really lame, was a good step for me. I think at this point, its just a matter of getting back into shape... and that is just going to take some time. The last time I did any form of actual training was back in September. oh boy.

Well, thats it for now. back to studying.

more videos...

i want one

New Changes

So, i had to keep this under wraps for a bit, but everything is now official, and I am psyched to let you know that I am moving to a new job starting Jan 2nd. I will be working for Autodesk, as a product support analyst for thier Civil 3d software. I am beyond excited about this opportunity. It will be a big, big change for me, but one that I think I will excel at.

I have actually been thiking about this being something I would be interested in for the last few years, but I never pursued it. I have a degree in Wetland Ecology & have always felt kinda guilty for wanting to pursue anything other than that field. Its taken me a while to get to the point where I can admit to myself that I dont like doing wetland work. not at all. i also dont feel like that is were my strengths are. So once i got to the point where I decided to pursue this, it all went fast. really really fast. but thats good.

So I gave my notice yesterday & it couldnt have gone better. my boss was genuinely happy for me, and that was really important to me.

anyways. so thats whats goign on in my life right now. I start Jan 2nd, and am gonna spend the next 4 weeks learning everything I can about the software. Once I start, I will have about 4 weeks of training, as well.

im soo stoked ;)