So it's been a busy month.

My father-in-law succumbed to lung cancer in December. My (now former) boss and I disagreed about whether I should be at work the day of the funeral. I dusted off the resume and started pinging the usual suspects, but he beat me to the punch just after we came back from the holidays.

I just confirmed the last of the paperwork is done for the new gig I'm starting next week. Better pay, contract instead of hourly so pluses and minuses. But it's for a company I actually like. Think two-wheeled transportation in a black-and-orange color scheme. Yeah, part of their internal operations are based here.

And while this was all going on my wife, who has been working at the school store at our kids' school (snack bar, uniform sales, "spirit wear" AKA logo sweats and T-shirts, etc.) was asked to take over running the whole thing full time. As of last Friday her official title is Director of Student Union. So it'll look good on a resume in 3 years when our kids are done at that school and she's looking for something else.