A new year

I sit here on Calypso, checking email and thinking about a busy week ahead. Pam has just returned home and I’m considering my day’s cycling adventure, when my mind turns to GreenWanderer. I see it’s been nearly a year since my last post.

This last year has been incredibly busy with trips to France, Holland, Germany, Poland, Turkey and China. My U.S. destinations included New York,  New Jersey, Boston, Maine, New Hampshire, Maimi, Las Vegas, Wisconsin and Chicago. Most of my trips were work related, but I managed many personal adventures along the way. March marked the second release of my project and September marked a transition to a new opportunity at IBM as a senior product architect.

The next few years signal many changes for me. Along with my career changes, my long wait for a 40′ slip in the Santa Cruz Harbor will come to completion soon. I am considering selling my house and buying a larger sailboat and live aboard. Pam has offered me an ideal arrangement where I can stay with her during the week and then off to Santa Cruz for long weekends. With continued travel for the foreseeable future, I will have a great work life balance.

My new years resolution was to start blogging again. I have struggled to find the balance of GreenWanderer versus my new career directions. I don’t know what the final answer will be but for the time being, I will focus on taking time to experience the world as I crisscross the globe for my employer. Over the last year, I climbed Yellow Mountain in central China and prayed in a Buddhist Temple in  Shanghai. I strolled along the Bosphorus Strait that separates Europe and Asia and walked on centuries old fortifications along the Mediterranean in Marseille.  I played poker in Warsaw and craps in Vegas. I saw Rent on Broadway and cycled along the canals in Holland. I was stranded in Chicago by a snowstorm and missed the train in southern France.

So the adventure continues with trips to London, France, Austin and Australia all fast approaching. I hope to find many opportunities to embrace the journey.

Bon Voyage, Jay