The first wave of reorganization happened at work, and I am changing jobs as a result.  I now work as a design engineer, and not a field supervisor and project manager.  It's a living, and I still have a good manager, and decent coworkers.

I'm still bicycling-- I'm actually thinking of starting to commute to work next week.  Now I just need to figure out how to ramp up my aikido practice.

The Wheel Turns...

And spring is coming much too quickly in Chicagoland this year.  Work has stabilized somewhat, and I'm feeling better.  Across the last two weekends, E and I have canned forty pounds of grapefruit and twenty pounds of oranges.  I still need to get another batch of sauerkraut started.  I'm going to visit family in Iowa in two weeks, and my favorite aunt is coming to visit five weeks after that.

I've also put at least another fifty miles on the bicycle, and expect to get another forty miles on it by the end of next weekend.

I Think It Is Time for a Bullet Point Post

• I'm worried about my job.  My boss's boss doesn't like me, and our company is finalizing a merger.
• I've been doing a good job of biking.  The unseasonably warm weather has let me put close to 40 miles on the bike in January.
• I'm set for good on canning jars.  Just picked up 140 off of Craigslist.  I have 300 lids, and between 100 and 200 jars filled right now.
• I'm thinking of picking up a second plot at the Harambee community garden, if it's available.
• Still miss my parents and family, as I didn't get to Iowa for Christmas.
• My mind is still somewhat goofy and broken.  It's hard to concentrate at work, it's hard for me to write, and it's hard for me to put words on paper.  I'm checking out a therapist tomorrow.

That might be it for today!