Nose meet grindstone

Well, it appears that today is my last day before reentering the world of people who get paid to go to meetings and write emails and spend a lot of time getting other people to do their jobs.

Good thing I'm going in with a good attitude.

And, while I try to avoid studying for a little while longer (knowing that my time allotment for studying is going to be creamed in a few short hours), I sit down to write what I've learned during my most extended period of unemployment since I was 15.

1) I'm kind of a prick. (Actually, I knew that before, so strike that.)

2) My wife and my boys kick ass. (I kind of knew that before, but the little guys are becoming more fully formed every day, so I couldn't really know it before then. And Lola and I have never gone through anything like this before, so you never really know how great someone is until chips are down.)

3) I'm not sure I'm an entrepreneur. I am still working on some ideas, but I think I'm the kind of guy who requires a big idea to go off and start a company. I think an entrepreneur is someone who gets their charge from running the company, not from bringing anything in particular to life. If you need the idea, you're human, not an entrepreneur.

4) I'm really not funny. (Shhh, don't tell anyone.)

5) Someone said to always remove a piece of jewelry before leaving the house (I think it was Ugly Betty). I think that I need to do that with my speech - i.e., always stop one sentence short of what I was going to say. Those last sentences have a tendency of undoing a lot of good.

6) 5 miles is not that long to run every other day. The trick is to keep it up when I have to be in the office.

7) Finding a job is tough.

8) I know a lot of people. Many of them are friends. Many of them are acquaintances.In American English, we don't really differentiate (everyone is a "friend", some people graduate to "buddy", nobody is a "mate"). Where language does not make a distinction, life does. I'd like to thank my friends who may be reading this post.

This post is interrupted by a call from Lola from the car as she returns from a playdate. Quote: "Cole, put that window back up. I don't want it down because you're naked." Apparently, there was water at the park.

Interestingly, I'm realising that (in addition to still spelling many words in the British tradition) I haven't, I think, ever written about work stuff. I have to say, much of my days are taken up reading about the industry and general trends, but I haven't bothered to write about what's happening in the world of online business. I think that's good. If I find the time, I may start a new blog separate from this to discuss.

I'll also probably comment on working amongst Americans again here. Heck, I've got a commute again (at least a drive myself to work commute). I haven't had one of those in 6 years! Of course that does impact my ability to drink after work. Or during. Hopefully, I won't need it as much in this job.

A last question here: is anyone reading this blog? If so, any requests? Anything in particular you'd care for Lola and/or I to comment on?