After a summer of fun and enjoyment, tomorrow is the day that the world becomes serious again and the focus returns to work. Zack will attend his first full day of classes as a freshman tomorrow and I will embark upon the new career I have chosen.
Our schedule this school year is going to be an early one. At one point I was used to waking at very early hours as I was continuously working with my team in India, however over the last 8 weeks or so I have grown use to a more leisurely wake-up time. Tomorrow that needs to change as Zack will have to be out of bed at 5:40am so that he can catch his school bus at 6:20am. His bus stop this year is 4 tenths of mile away which is much further than his middle school bus stop. Therefore he is going to need to be out of the house by 6:05am. This early daily routine is now going to be our normal day-to-day life.
My work for the next two months is going to be focused on completing several projects around the house and gathering a ton of background material for my writing. For Monday my schedule is pretty well planned as I will be getting up at 5:30am to make sure Zack is awake. As he gets older I will turn the responsibility square over to him, but for his freshman and sophomore years of high school, I anticipate getting up whenever he needs to be awake.
I'll hang out with him while he has breakfast and gets ready for school. Given it is the first day of high school, I will subject him to having his picture taken quite a few times! I might take pity upon him and drive him to the bus stop. After that I am off to do a 5 - 6 mile hike through the Jefferson County South Valley Open Space. My goal is to hike as many mile of the trails in this open space as possible as I want to capture a lot of good information for writing. In addition to my normal trail supplies of food and emergency gear, I will be carrying my camera to take lots of photos, a notebook to take notes and my GoPro video camera so that I can go back and look at the film if I forget any of the details of the hike.
After my return from the hike, the entire afternoon is going to be spent working on my garage. Later in the fall I will be doing some more in-depth home renovation projects and I need the space in the garage for a work shop.
As this summer ends I look back upon all the different changes that have happened. The biggest change of course was moving on from the corporate rat race. That change was anticipated for the future as I had only planned to continue to work in the corporate arena for another 2 - 4 years. Even though this change occurred earlier than I had planned it has been a wonderful opportunity! The timing of the change was exceedingly good for a variety of reasons. Most importantly it is giving me the extra time to spend with Zack while he goes through the transition to high school. My financial position, along with the generous package I received from my employer has allowed me to voyage into this new opportunity without a care in the word and without the pressure to get back into a corporate position.
(A picture from one of our summer adventures, at the top of Capulin Volanco in New Mexico. It's a national monument located about 40 miles west of Raton, New Mexico.)
There is no life without change and there is some massive change coming our way in the next several days. It's time for us to buckle up and get ready for the ride!
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
Thanks and peace to all! ~J.
Our schedule this school year is going to be an early one. At one point I was used to waking at very early hours as I was continuously working with my team in India, however over the last 8 weeks or so I have grown use to a more leisurely wake-up time. Tomorrow that needs to change as Zack will have to be out of bed at 5:40am so that he can catch his school bus at 6:20am. His bus stop this year is 4 tenths of mile away which is much further than his middle school bus stop. Therefore he is going to need to be out of the house by 6:05am. This early daily routine is now going to be our normal day-to-day life.
My work for the next two months is going to be focused on completing several projects around the house and gathering a ton of background material for my writing. For Monday my schedule is pretty well planned as I will be getting up at 5:30am to make sure Zack is awake. As he gets older I will turn the responsibility square over to him, but for his freshman and sophomore years of high school, I anticipate getting up whenever he needs to be awake.
I'll hang out with him while he has breakfast and gets ready for school. Given it is the first day of high school, I will subject him to having his picture taken quite a few times! I might take pity upon him and drive him to the bus stop. After that I am off to do a 5 - 6 mile hike through the Jefferson County South Valley Open Space. My goal is to hike as many mile of the trails in this open space as possible as I want to capture a lot of good information for writing. In addition to my normal trail supplies of food and emergency gear, I will be carrying my camera to take lots of photos, a notebook to take notes and my GoPro video camera so that I can go back and look at the film if I forget any of the details of the hike.
After my return from the hike, the entire afternoon is going to be spent working on my garage. Later in the fall I will be doing some more in-depth home renovation projects and I need the space in the garage for a work shop.
As this summer ends I look back upon all the different changes that have happened. The biggest change of course was moving on from the corporate rat race. That change was anticipated for the future as I had only planned to continue to work in the corporate arena for another 2 - 4 years. Even though this change occurred earlier than I had planned it has been a wonderful opportunity! The timing of the change was exceedingly good for a variety of reasons. Most importantly it is giving me the extra time to spend with Zack while he goes through the transition to high school. My financial position, along with the generous package I received from my employer has allowed me to voyage into this new opportunity without a care in the word and without the pressure to get back into a corporate position.
There is no life without change and there is some massive change coming our way in the next several days. It's time for us to buckle up and get ready for the ride!
Hope everyone had a great weekend!
Thanks and peace to all! ~J.
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