Reflections on a Life on the Road...
...or at least the last 16 years.
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i'm probably being too harsh. but i was reminded of how quickly time flies when i saw a pic of my old secondary wallet, holding a 3x5 card with my week planned out...from september 2009.
i don't feel old. i don't even look old. but i feel it in my bones. i see it in my veins. my heart and lungs, i know my family history, and it's a crap shoot on both sides, as we have three fates awaiting us: live forever and deal with incontinence, live nearly forever and lose your mind, or die in your late 50's-early 60's. i'm willing to go with Tiny Tim and his final appearance on the Late Show with Carson back in the day. look it up. it's worth the laugh at what we all will end up facing.
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So. Life on the road. Where have I been in 18 years? Let's tally it up:
Columbus, OH: Start
Memorial Day 1998: South Dakota
October-November 1998: Chicago
Pittsburgh, PA: January 2000-July 2005
Toledo, OH: July 2005-September 2005
Madison, WI: September 2005-2008 (see below)
(including stints in IL...what a headache...twice)
Charlotte, N.C.: June 2008-whenever I finally transferred to DC. Including stops in:
Bethesda, MD, Evansville, IN, Louisville, KY, Atlanta, GA, and finally Clarendon, VA.
D.C.: 2009-2012
Savannah, GA: 2012-2016, with a few months spent in upstate NY during the summer.
Philadelphia, PA: September 2016-
I leave that open
Around Memorial Day 2007 I also found myself hiking around the Badlands of S.D. again. But that was a personal vacation. One that was needed but also one that showed my strengths and weaknesses.
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It is a strange place I find myself in. Two weeks ago I was in Lake Placid, NY, prepping for a 1700 person banquet. One week later I was sitting in this couch after two flights and a strange, long walk through with the folk I am working with for the foreseeable weeks. Right now I am typing these words with the tv on but the volume off, knowing it's a bit too late to question my choices in life but still doing so.
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I am an "independent consultant" according to my contract. It's so odd though, because it's more like I'm just a sounding board for everyone to bounce their problems and headaches off of. I like these guys, and I'm seeing (once again) how politics within the organization play with or against you, but I could see myself fitting in here.
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On the other hand, I may be seeing myself shipped back to GA in a month. Time will more than tell.
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i'm probably being too harsh. but i was reminded of how quickly time flies when i saw a pic of my old secondary wallet, holding a 3x5 card with my week planned out...from september 2009.
i don't feel old. i don't even look old. but i feel it in my bones. i see it in my veins. my heart and lungs, i know my family history, and it's a crap shoot on both sides, as we have three fates awaiting us: live forever and deal with incontinence, live nearly forever and lose your mind, or die in your late 50's-early 60's. i'm willing to go with Tiny Tim and his final appearance on the Late Show with Carson back in the day. look it up. it's worth the laugh at what we all will end up facing.
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So. Life on the road. Where have I been in 18 years? Let's tally it up:
Columbus, OH: Start
Memorial Day 1998: South Dakota
October-November 1998: Chicago
Pittsburgh, PA: January 2000-July 2005
Toledo, OH: July 2005-September 2005
Madison, WI: September 2005-2008 (see below)
(including stints in IL...what a headache...twice)
Charlotte, N.C.: June 2008-whenever I finally transferred to DC. Including stops in:
Bethesda, MD, Evansville, IN, Louisville, KY, Atlanta, GA, and finally Clarendon, VA.
D.C.: 2009-2012
Savannah, GA: 2012-2016, with a few months spent in upstate NY during the summer.
Philadelphia, PA: September 2016-
I leave that open
Around Memorial Day 2007 I also found myself hiking around the Badlands of S.D. again. But that was a personal vacation. One that was needed but also one that showed my strengths and weaknesses.
*
It is a strange place I find myself in. Two weeks ago I was in Lake Placid, NY, prepping for a 1700 person banquet. One week later I was sitting in this couch after two flights and a strange, long walk through with the folk I am working with for the foreseeable weeks. Right now I am typing these words with the tv on but the volume off, knowing it's a bit too late to question my choices in life but still doing so.
*
I am an "independent consultant" according to my contract. It's so odd though, because it's more like I'm just a sounding board for everyone to bounce their problems and headaches off of. I like these guys, and I'm seeing (once again) how politics within the organization play with or against you, but I could see myself fitting in here.
*
On the other hand, I may be seeing myself shipped back to GA in a month. Time will more than tell.
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