A look from above.

My little travelouge (is that spelled correctly?) is beginning to take shape. I have started to take one or two pictures on my Treo looking down from my place in the clouds. Then I can comment on what is going on and my "alledged" thoughts on them.

I got a new Treo PDA phone a couple of months ago and am just beginning to use some of the "cooler" things on it.

As for the picture that follows, I just snapped it on my way from Elkins, WV to Charleston. Actually, for driving at 70 MPH, I don't think it was a bad shot, considering the Treo doesn't take the best of pictures.

And our my arms tired...

Dateline - Syracuse, NY - I was done in the exact amount of time that I thought I would be helping out another co-worker in Memphis. That meant I was a day ahead of schedule.

So instead of hanging out doing alot of nothing (but getting billable hours in the process), I took the 5 AM flight from Memphis to Atlanta, then re-arranged my flight one more time to get on a Delta flight that I could upgrade on. That put me into Syracuse at about 1:30.

While I am at it, I don't how folks do a regular 9-5 routine. Some of my associates that I currently work with, along with past co-workers have no problems spending a week at a customer. I get bored.

I think it is strange that I don't think I could do it, but ultimately, I do want to get to a point in time that I have a more "traditional" job.

I guess it is fair to tell folks what I do. I work for a software company that handles order entry, purchasing, inventory, accounting and payroll. When they buy the software, I help them get it installed and perform the training to get them "live" on the system.

As you can tell by my past posts, I do a good bit of traveling (a little over 100,000 miles a year), most of it flying the friendly skies. Now there's a mis-nomer - "friendly skies" are really anything but these days. But that is a story for another time.

As I begin to contemplate a bit more, I am not sure if I am bored, lonely, both or just plain depressed. While I work for a pretty good company, the product that they put out isn't what it needs to be for the market that I work on. Whatever it is, I have been in this funk since pre-Christmas. And I need to change my attitude quick. It just isn't helping my overall outlook on life at this point.

Suggestions?

New Beginnings...

Dateline - Memphis, TN - Just like everyone else, I guess it is time to start thinking (I know, most folks have not only started but also completed) about my 2005 goals.

My challenge is that I am not quite sure what I want to be when I grow up. And as I get older (this is a BIG year birthday), I am a little more conservative about not wanting to lose what I already have.

But I do know I want more than I have. And there are opportunities out there.

But as usual, I digress. This year I am going to get serious about the following:

• Eating better - I have lost a bunch of weight. But I have also hindered true success by not eating nutritionally. So I want to cut back to three sweets a week till March and then take it down to once a week.
  
  
• Regular excercise - 3 times a week would be great for the first quarter. Then let's see where it goes.
  
  
• Career aspirations - this is where it gets a bit cloudy. I have decided to continue the pool service business. After all, I made money at it last year and there isn't a reason I wouldn't this year as well. I just committed to the yellow pages and I am going to get out a marketing letter this week to hotels/motels/apartments/condo associations that have pools. I think I could net $20,000 this year (which isn't bad for 8 hours of my time @ month for 6 months)
  
  
  But, as luck would have it, I have had several opportunities come to me recently that has made me think that working for myself would not only be good for me in general, but very profitable as well. The questions is...which one.
  
  Is it the electrical distributorship in either Orlando or Tampa?
  
  Could it be the medical supply operation here in the Atlanta aea?
  
  Or could it be a fastener distributorship based out of Jacksonville?
  
  And I still want to do a coffee house before I call it a day.

You know, I have become quite lazy when I am on the road lately. Either my focus isn't on the many projects that I have going, or I have just too many of them to focus on any one.

I can't even focus on this post. Enough for now.