So I just got to experience my first quarter end. When I say that, I mean that the company that I work for has pressure to make a certain target and sales in order to meet projected earnings. I suppose that sometimes this might not be at all fun, but this time it was both exciting and interesting. So that was the big event for the week. No wait, the big event for the week is that I’m now officially Danny Allan of no fixed address. For the month of August, I will be a floater, a street bum. I moved out of 30 Sutton on Saturday and said good-bye to my residence of two years at 19:00. It was a bit sad to walk through the rooms, now completely empty, and realize that this was the last time I would see them – sort of like saying good-bye to an old friend. Oh well, the house that we move into in September is much nicer and cost no more, so I’m looking forward to that. Smile!

What a week this past week was. I now know that the environment between the Academic world and a Software Development world is completely and one hundred percent different, but not in a bad way. You might say that the learning curve is almsot vertical, but not impossible to climb. IN fact, I very much enjoy working with the challenges and bumps that come along. This past weekend, myself and two friends of mine headed up to my sister’s cottage in the Muskoka area and I got to relax and just do nothing for the weekend in the sun. It was the first time I was really able to just kick back at a cottage this summer and it felt wonderful. (It was also the first trip in my new car – did I mention the new car before?) Anyway, I’m back in Ottawa again for an extremely busy week while I move everything out of the house for this Thursday, and move (temporarily) in with my uncle for the month of August. Lots of things happening … Smile!

And here I’ve been working for the company Watchfire now for over a week. I was afraid I might lose this site through the University, but it doesn’t look like I will, at least in the near future. Should it ever be taken from me, I will attempt to give a one week notice and move this over to another location, but for now this is where everyone expects it to be and I can’t see changing it unless I need to. 🙂 It’s been wonderful. The learning curve here has been exponential and I’m finally after one week beginning to understand what it is that we produce and market. I must say that it’s quite a challenge moving from a University (Supportive mode) to here (Productive mode). Regardless, the most important factor is that I be where my Saviour wishes me to be and that I do all things heartily as unto Him. Sometimes I think I might lose my focus as to why we’re on this earth. Considering that we’re only here for a “drop in the bucket” of time, or a brief vapour, it’s important to “redeem the time”. I’ve been reading a book recently (a few actually) called “If there is a God, Why are there atheists”, and although it’s not exactly on these lines, I find it extremely fascinating. Perhaps when I finish, I’ll post a few of the thoughts from it. I guess however, that we don’t get caught up with much learning either. Instead, our focus should be heavenward. Smile.