Happy camper...

For the first time, in a long time, I am beginning to feel like "me" again. I have been on a roller-coaster of emotions pretty much since early 2005, when I initially posted outside of the Service Center for the North Carolina job that never came to pass. Because I had been chosen for the account implementation in North Carolina, I was placed on the MOS implementation, pretty much without consulting me as to whether or not that is what I wanted to do. It wasn't, but when the Vice President of Operations hand-picks you for something, you don't say no unless you want it to be a career killer.

In hindsight, it was an acceptable career move. I learned a lot of valuable lessons, none of them technical, all of them political. In fact, I feel like I got out of sync with the system from a technical perspective, but I've managed to get mostly caught up over the last six months in my new position.

MOS took a lot out of me, physically and emotionally. I wasn't clinically depressed, but I was terribly unhappy. Then, I had my bout with cancer last spring. I also decided that I wanted to start dating again in July of 2006, and I can't say I always made the smartest decisions, so I've had relationship drama for the first time in a long time.

But it seems as if the drama on all fronts is now subsiding (knock on wood), and I have my bearings. My goals are not the same goals I had pre-cancer, but I've defined the direction I want my life to go in, and I am happy with where I am. I have learned a lot about love, laughter, friendship and forgiveness. I feel as if I am a stronger person now in all ways, mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually.

Watch out world, Melinda's got her groove back!

Ciao for now.