Right now seems like a huge transitional period for everyone. I've got lots of friends changing jobs and friends getting divorced, my sister-in-law is getting married, my father is selling a house and moving, and of course, Linda and I are in a whirlwind of change.
We're getting used to Colorado's dryness, and it only took a couple months to get acclimated to the altitude. We both miss our friends from out east a lot. We're starting to meet some new people, but you don't make friends as good as the ones we left behind overnight. Linda seems relatively settled in her new job, although it's very stressful and work-intesive at times. She's been up well past midnight the past two nights, working from home.
Since I'm now working full-time, (yay!) I've let off in pursuing the web design clients I had - goodbye Cigar Shop, goodbye furniture store - but I'm still working on a photography site for Linda's aunt, a furniture store site for my brother-in-law, and potentially the (huge) site for Linda's development company. I've also just completed the new stylesheet for webFu, and I've got plans to redo my blog from scratch using Moveable Type, primarily to take advantage of the trackback feature, which I've had some difficulty coding from scratch.
I'm still getting used to my new job at ProfitSystems, but it really seems like a great place to work. The people are friendly, I get to wear jeans to work three out of four weeks, and they have a fridge full of free soda. The only odd thing is that many employees bring in their dogs, so the ground floor has about a half dozen resident canines. They're very well-behaved, but it's less than conventional for a cubicle environment. I suppose it gives the place character. I'm also having to get used to not locking my computer every time I walk away from it, after my experience at Travelers.
This week, I'm in a class, learning about our software product. In the class with me are clients who are learning the product for their businesses, and they're from California, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Texas, and Colorado - quite the panoply of personnel.
I'm in downtown Colorado Springs, and if I walk two blocks, the area's not unlike downtown Hartford, aside from the inescapable view of Pike's Peak, which is quite impressive. I'll have to bring in a camera and get some pictures.
One thing I'll say for Colorado Springs - they have some good ribs!
If you want to take pictures, check out the Pike's Peak Cog Railway - it's a cool ride and some great scenery.