Finally Getting Organized

      It seems like things have been moving real fast the last two years. I graduated from college in Arizona, moved to Oklahoma, moved into a trailer, and moved to Texas. Many things have been worked out through this process called change. I have learned a lot. I am more flexible. Since I have been here in Texas I have been able to get rid of all my paper that I have been carrying around for years. When I lived in Arizona I had six file drawers of files for the past 30 years. I have pretty much digitized everything I needed to keep. I had to take a close look at what I did not need anymore and throw it away. I will be backing up everything to CD. But now am down to just one small file cabinet drawer worth of immediate files. Everything else is in digital format.

      Now that the paper is gone it has given me more time to work on other projects. I have many ideas that I have been working on with programming. I am getting all of this organized as well. I have had to come up with ways to save code and be able to find it when I need it. I have had to organize a library for documentation and reference. I have also had to keep a writing library and organize my writing efforts. A good programmer must be able to backup his program with documentation. So my trip to Odessa, Texas has become a place in which I can and have gotten more organized.

      So what is next on the agenda? Well am developing my own software and hopefully will do my own consulting. I want to be able to develop my own applications and work on applications that business and government will need to have developed. I have been working on developing my own website for this endeavor. But one step at a time.

      One thing I would like to do and am working towards this is working on collaborative efforts. I have all the communications I need here in the trailer. I have my laptops, two web-cams, Messenger, I am setup to do collaborative efforts right from here. I have been asked to test some software down the line and can do that right from here. I have tested software and this is right up my alley. I am looking forward to the day that I am totally busy from my trailer. Since I am mobile with the trailer then I can go anywhere if necessary.

      The best thing about doing all this work from the trailer and moving to different locations is that I still get to be outdoors. In Oklahoma I worked at the University of Central Oklahoma and lived in a state park for a bit. It was the off season, Sept. Oct, Nov. and Dec. However, there was the lake and people coming there to relax not dodge the cars or have to get somewhere. So going on location to do work for a company I just need to find a good location to park the trailer.

      There is an upside and a downside to everything. My mother was wanting me to come home to Massachusetts sometime for a visit. I looked into different RV parks in Conn. and Mass. The pricing is real high and almost not worth it. One place in Mass. was over $800.00 per month for full hookup. In Oklahoma and Texas I have been able to keep prices down to under $300.00 per month for full hookup. So depending on location the pricing can be fairly high. This will be something to keep in mind in taking a particular job on contract.