It was a great time this year, the family got together as usual and we partied. There was a feast on breakfast items such as: waffles, pancakes, sausage, bacon, corn-beef hash, and much more! Doing a brunch became a tradition of ours like 6 or 7 years ago, and we have never considered looking back. There was some drinking here and there, a couple shots taken and quite a few presents exchanged.
Family time is always a good time. Have a great New Year!
Is what one of my buddies said to me the other night after I recoded a chunk of the admin section on his site, which allows for him to better manage his user accounts without having to use phpmyadmin. It is funny that I am now where I am at, as a developer, as opposed to being the IT guy. When I was in school, I hated everything about development because it was hard for me to grasp, but somehow my mind evolved and brought me to where I need to be. It is definitely a change of pace and it is cool not having to work with the end user; on top of that I get to learn more as I go along.
At work we are migrating from GoldMine to SugarCRM, and what a chore that is. I have had a love-hate relationship with SugarCRM for years now, emphasis on hate, but now that I am diving into the development aspect of it I feel more love for it. It is a really great platform, though it seems a little overly complicated to do some things, but with some time on my hands it helps that I can poke around and break things. Today I was able to write some custom logic hooks for the custom payments module Nick wrote. Basically, if a payment comes through that was rejected, a call is scheduled for the assigned user for the next day after the data import. I know what I wrote is probably a cinch for the guys who work with sugar more than I, but I was proud I could get something working.
Anyway, I have to get back to work, maybe I can detail things later.
The party came and past, and quite quickly. Cindy and I got married at our Civil Ceremony two weeks ago, then chilled for the rest of the day, had lunch with the family then hung out at home. The next day, we got ready for the wedding reception and went to party. I will be honest, it was a blur, all my buddies got me wasted worse than I have ever been. I remember most of went on, but lets just say I had a hard time recovering… But I did make it through and felt fine for the debarkation of our ship the following day.
The week long cruise went by pretty fast… Puerto Villarta is always a nice place to go, almost a second home to me. Mazatlan was not as horrible as last time I visited, but I am just not a fan of that place, it is too old and too ghetto. Cabo San Lucas is definitely a nice place to go, built up so much more than it was last time I visited, the only issue is it is the shortest day of the trip on port, so it is hard to really get around and see everything. The last full day / night at see was a killer, choppy water, crappy weather, cabin fever and the longing for home was overwhelming.
Now that we are back in reality, we do not want to be here. Funny how that works, right? Heh… But seriously, when I was gone, I ended up being replaced at my new job, fuckin shame… But they did move me to the web development end of the company as the Lead Web Developer. I am happy about this because it is a nice, truly needed change. I have been burnt out working directly in the IT field for maybe two years now, so this is a blessing. I guess owning a businesses really just killed the fun of it for me, to an extent. Too many asshats who do not want to pay; it makes you feel like you are pretty worthless. So +1 to the world of fuck faces… Anyway, I am stoked to be able to change up my official title and area of work but at the same time still get paid what I need in order to survive.
Christmas is almost here, along with a few deadlines for projects pending. So this is crunch / stress time for me, wish me luck.
So with Friday almost here, meaning I will be married to Cindy and the following festivities along with the honeymoon, my brain is not keeping up. I am already in vacation mode because it is so close and I want to be out of the responsibility zone for a little bit. I do, however, like my new job, quite a lot, so I am trying hard to stay productive. I have been pretty busy here and for the most part I have made sure I have no down time but the day is dragging and I am sure tomorrow will be no better. There is so much to do at work, at home, preparing, etc that I am a little overwhelmed, and with the stress of leaving my business and clients behind, it is time to just be able to relax, reset and come back refreshed and ready to start a new life. That is exactly what I am planning on doing.
I am sure this was poorly written, I can barely focus, haha. Anyway bottom-line… I am excited to be getting married, for the vacation, my new job, and my new life.
Ryan Jauregui