Looking Back on 2022

Clearly, I didn’t post a lot this year. Let’s get an overview of all the things I hadn’t posted about: Want to hear it? Here it goes!

At the beginning of the year, this was not on my list of things to do, but by mid year, I decided to go ahead and finish Grad School. I completed my classwork in October and by mid-December I was able to officially announce my graduation. Completing my Masters of Business Administration with a focus on Information Technology Management – Done. I know have a bit (a lot actually) of time to reallocate to other interests.

Speaking of Interests, one of my goals in 2022 was to upgrade my HAM ticket to a General Class license. Not only did I accomplish that – I went ahead and took the Amateur Extra License too! I studied and yes I did in fact learn a thing or two by upgrading my license. I still have a lot to learn and experience with radio and I plan to get a little more active in the hobby, in particular with POTA (Parks On The Air).

I’ve accomplished a few health goals this year too. Without going into the long details, I know what the cause of the symptoms are and what I can do to address them. I still have some limitations to what I can and cannot do (don’t expect me to complete a triathlon this year) – the important thing is that I know I am fixable and am on the mend. I can make progress on my own in that regard.

I got to do a little traveling this year too. I’ve added two NL East stadiums to my visited list – New York Mets and Washington Nationals – now I still have to go back and check out the AL clubs. Perhaps now may be a better time to plan some baseball trips instead of waiting until the last minute. I travelled to New York in May – it was an awesome trip. I also knocked off the last intact Space Shuttle to take a selfie in front of – Enterprise, parked at the USS Intrepid museum. My second trip within a year to Washington, DC took place in September – treated myself to a Birthday Braves Away game! I’ve got plenty of more ballparks to visit and the new MLB schedule may allow for more of those trips to be legit Braves away games.

Last, but certainly not least, my day to day job is changing. I am super excited about the schedule change – but I know there are challenges and lessons to be learned ahead. I am looking forward to the future!

I may be able to be a little more social now. We shall see how I fit back into the fold.

And who knows – I may take the time to rebuild this web server, the site – and work on the content that I wanted to do to start with.

Good Times!

Somewhere over North Carolina

It’s quite possible a majority of my blog posts this year have been submitted from a plane. considering this is only the second post of the year, that is strange. ooooh Biscoff Cookies!

Later!

W4ALQ/AE

Today I have passed the Amateur Extra License Exam!

I am looking forward to getting on the air soon with Amateur Extra privileges! It was not an easy test, but with a little but of studying – it can be passed with flying colors!

Be

Be you.

Be Creative.

Be careful what you wish for, you may get it.

Be Well.

From 23,000 Feet And Climbing…

It seems there are times that I totally forget I have a blog. I created this site to serve as a medium for content creation.

That being said the pilot on this aircraft stated we’d get some Turbulence. If you are one of the three people that actually read my posts, I hate to disappoint you, I doubt this flight will be a Hollywood Blockbuster… or could it?

I am flying back from New York City today. I flew up to New York this past weekend for a short getaway. I’ll send some links to a photo gallery soon. I came up to mark a few things off my bucket list. There are still plenty of things in NYC that could complete the bucket list, but some could be accomplished at home too. I needed a recharge, the kind I would think only a city like New York could provide.

I think one of my biggest pet peeves, in particular with transportation, is that it is inefficient. Being able to get from point a to point b on a system that just works? It’s not easy to do unless you own a car, which is the case at home but the exact opposite in NYC. If City and County governments in the Atlanta metro would get their act together and build reliable mass transit… wishful thinking for the south I suppose.

End that rant.

I’ve found it easy on this trip to be humbled. There is a lot to experience in this world. A lot of it is bad. At least we live in a place where most of that is filtered for us. Sometimes we want to reject or change that filter for ourselves, sometimes to our own detriment, although we think we are doing what’s right. We live in a place, The U.S. where we are allowed to be free. Free to move, free to think. Are we?

Rant (again).

The last two years are obviously different, and a lot of different things are troublesome. The cracks in the building are showing. not just in this country but in our society as a whole. From my perspective, I pray that the forces that dictate the opposite, that are demonstrating their opposition to our freedom to roam, create, explore, educate and expand freedoms, would come to some enlightenment.

/rant

We reached 36,000 feet a short while ago. It’ll be time to start approaching to landing soon, only an hour from landing. I,m gonna sign off and end this random musing that I paid $5 to have an internet connection to be able to post from the air.

April, 2022

Hello friends!

It’s been a minute since the latest update on this site. Content creation has clearly not been on the top of the priority list in life. It’s not gone, it just needs to sit on the back burner. Life dictates that sometimes. The story could be different, but I am not at the point where I work for myself. Most of us may never be.

Today is April 12th. Happy Birthday, Chris! If you read this, first round is on me!

Time to seize the day, because there is a lot I need to get done on a day off from work, and before going to a Braves game.