Tiring. Basically the only word I can think of right now to summarize my winter break from work. Now I wouldn’t say it wasn’t fun. The first half of it was awesome because we had so many visitors. Jenn came home from London and it’s always good to see her. Angela came home too which made the vacation more fun. Andy came down and spent Christmas with us. We played a lot of Munchkin. Yes we are nerds.

Carrie and I also threw our Deep Fryer Party which was awesome. It gave us some time to see some friends we hardly ever get to see. The night after that was our holiday dinner with my best friends and their wives. I bought a Turducken for the occasion. Let me tell you, it’s too much but I recommend at least trying it out.

The latter half of my vacation was devoted to recovering from being sick. It sucked ass. Being bed ridden for the last week of vacation really pissed me off. Dah well.

Today was the first day back at work. Trying to get back into the swing of things. I am halfway done with a project. So not a lot of cob webs on my end. It’s definitely back to the grind!

2008 was such an interesting year. If I were to rename sum it all up I would say it was a rebuilding year for me. Rebounding personal and professional mistakes but hey, whatever doesn’t kill you makes you stronger right?

Earlier in 2008 I figured I wasn’t happy with my job. Instead of complaining and being annoying I did something about it. I gave it another shot, tried to do different things with my position at Velocity. No dice. It was simply time for me to move on. Professionally, I simply just stopped growing and I knew I didn’t want to be stuck programming a CRM system I highly disliked. In February I began the search and I went to interview after interview. Finally, I found the perfect fit at AdEngage. After a few months of working there we were bought out by Technorati. Ever since then it has been exciting. Very exciting. In 2009, even with the economy being the way that it is, should be an excitiing year for us. We are determined. Very determined.

In my personal life I think I have grown. I learned a lot from my previous mistakes. I even made a few new friends along the way whom have been great and been grateful for the fun times we’ve spent together. Carrie and I also made a big decision. No, we didn’t get engaged but we moved into a bigger place. It has been fun furnishing the new place and getting settled in. I also now have a full bar. We just need to build an actual bar. This should be fun.

I only took three trips this year to Las Vegas, Chicago and San Francisco. I had fun on each trip. Next year I plan to take more international trips.

All in all 2008 was semi-eventful. Here is to 08 and lets ring in 2009. Happy New Years All!