Oh my gosh. I'm such a lucky Dad. My kids are so good in spite of all of the mistakes that I make as a parent. Just now, I reluctantly take the 6 month old baby from my wife so that she can get some well deserved xtra sleep on a Sunday morning. I am reluctant cuz i selfishly want to read some news websites and blogs and listen to This American Life on the 1st floor computer.

So I am tromping downstairs w/ the baby, trying to figure out how to entertain him cuz he's wide awake. Also, pretty much accepting that my computer time has come to an end. Poor me. Then my 5 yr old son yells down to me from his 2nd floor room. I snap back w. annoyed "What?" response. 5yr old asks if the baby can hang out upstairs in his room so they can play together. Here is my selfish answer. I put baby in his exer-saucer in 5yr old son's room and they started playing w/ age appropriate toys. Here I am, on the first floor computer, writing this entry and listening to This American Life. Selfish, mean me; amazingly sweet 5yr old son; smiley 6 month old just oozing love.

So I am leavinf my job in state gov't to go to the dark side of private consulting. i'll be working at NJ based GIS firm where i'll be building up their GIS enterprise solutions business.

I am so glad to be getting out of the state! my boss and above are driving me bonkers. it's like a loony bin in there. the private side seems so much more appealing right now. driven by $$, makes decisions so much simpler. Simply when typing that last sentence, I know that in the future i will look back, much wiser and conclude that the private side is just as complicated as the public, only different. that seems to be the way w/ everything in life.