Fourth Month in Review (Just a Tad Late)

Wow! What a stark contrast this month has been since last. I sit here now at 9:00 or so in the evening, tired and preparing to go to bed, because tomorrow I will will once again get up and go to work. And thus with that actuality, this is the first month in review that can be truly colored by a normalistic routine of work, life, weekends, and friends. While not 100% reflective since Mel has yet to move out here, things are beginning to lock down into some sense of normalcy. So with that in mind, let's quickly reflect:

The Good:
-Not much more that I need to write other than landing a job at an amazing company after three and a half months searching. But yet there is more to add on top of that. The job is great: good company, good people and I am so happy to be telling stories and not selling products. I still have so much more that I can learn, but it is going well and I am finding my place within the company and the role.
-The area is beautiful, both here in Alameda and up in Berkeley. Just a wonderful place to be and it makes waking up each morning quite delightful. (If you can imagine me saying that in a haughty-taughty accent)
-This past month included my Memorial Day 10-miler and some of my fastest runs of all time.
-I have been getting out a bit more on weekends, and I have been meeting up with some of my friends either out here in Alameda or in San Fran proper. Best night so far was a few Fridays ago when I met up with my friend Dinesh, on a Friday, saw the Incredible Hulk, at then drank till 1:00 or so at the San Francisco Brewing Company. Good times indeed.
-Over the past month, I went to a Giants game, but more importantly saw my Yankees and watched them beat up on the A's!

The Bad:
-As with all the positive of getting back into the routine of work, come a few of the negatives, the majority of which is readjusting my life schedule to the new set of hours. Gone are the days of working out when I feel like it and here are the days of trying to get up at 6:00 so I can make it to the gym before work. This is not terrible at all, it's just an adjustment that I still need to fully make.
-And thus along with that is the fact that my workout regiment has taken a major hit. I am still getting to the gym, but my workouts are much shorter and at times missed. I am working towards readjusting my body, but I have never been one to jump right out of bed in the morning.
-The other negative is of of course the most major and that is the lack of Mel. When we first planned this move, it was thought that I would get a job quickly and she would be here right away. Obviously it took me a bit longer to lock things down, and now that I have, I hope soon that she will be able to get out here. It's been tough, but as I wrote before, we both know that these four or five months apart will be but a mere fraction of our overall life together.

Missing Mel and not having her around to share in my days has been rough, but knowing that things will definitely work out, I try to look at all the good things in the past month. Now you will have to excuse me as this review is heavily colored by the rose-colored glasses of having landed a job. In the upcoming months, I believe that I will be able to reflect more accurately because my routine will be just that. But as this was the first month of work, and because of so many other great things, I would have to say this was definitely an A- month with the negatives coming almost solely from my missing of Mel.

So there it is. The highest month yet, and a stark improvement from last month's C+. Now I must sign off and get ready for bed because I do have work tomorrow and actually have a very important day as we have a presentation with our client. So all my best to everyone and I will blog with you later.

-Nice Guy-