As I sit here contemplating the world and everything in it, I realize that the next 18 months are going to be tough with my entry into this Masters degree program and trying to juggle demands at work, my kids and my girlfriend.  

They say that nothing worth doing is easy.  In the end I think although the next year will be challenging, in the end I have this gut feeling is going to be rewarding.

Tough Time at Work

Today I had to lay off an employee that just transferred to my area 3 weeks ago. The sad thing is I agreed to take them on in order to help secure their job. I guess in the end all that is going on in my company and the industry I am in couldn't save their job. In the end I had the tough job of calling them into my office and letting them go. It is something I have not had to do in several years. I guess I have been blessed by a great team and we have weathered the storms in the past. I just hope we can keep weathering the storm.

This all comes down to our struggling economy and the ineffective leadership we have in our government. I blame both sides of the aisle. I hear all the "good news" about how the economy is starting to see signs of life, I have not really seen it yet. We will see what happens in the next quarter.