So I have out-Jesused Jesus by resurrecting myself (or in other words, getting off my avoiding ass) and finally fired up the ol’ blogging software to let you know (as if you care) what the hell is going on and where I am.

I’m in New Castle, Colorado now. I live here. In a smallish two-bedroom duplex (we have the upstairs). I’m about an hour from Aspen, Colorado. I am fifteen minutes away from snowboarding and 45 miles away from my job.

My job: I am a pipefitter in a welding fabrication shop. Huge career change, but economic downturn and all that. I’ve dragged my family through a lot of changes over the last six months, but we’re still together and still healthy and mostly happy, so I’m trying to stay optimistic.

My new job has opened my eyes to how much I would enjoy being an engineer, so I’m starting to take some online classes and move towards an engineering degree. I finally figured out how to reconcile my lego/computer geek/quick-learner side with my creative side by learning how to design and build stuff. And the biggest reason is because I don’t want to still be living hand-to-mouth ten years from now.

So we wiped the slate clean. New job, new home, new state, new life. That’s the idea, anyway. And since I still get a few hits every day on this here lame old blog, I thought I’d let you know that I’m still here, I’m still fighting, and I’m still um...damn it. I can’t think of a cool third thing for that list.