Well… it was high time for a change. After a great summer and two year anniversary in Madison, I was getting restless. It may have had something to do with another a third consecutive Wisconsin winter approaching, or that I had been in the same job for two years (easily the longest ‘continuous’ role I’d kept), or maybe it was that another birthday was approaching with some milestones that are likely to be missed. And thus, I wrote the “Thank you, and goodbye” email. So often when you work for a company for 6, 7, and going on 8 years, you receive these emails but never are quite sure if you’d ever send one. I guess this was my time.

So, I said goodbye to the company that gave me a great start, taught me more than I thought possible, and gave me a network of friends and colleagues that have shaped who I am. I said hello to a new company, new people, and a new city… Memphis, Tennessee. Blues, Elvis, dry rub barbeque, and new beginnings, y’all.
November, what a month right? Football in full swing, my birthday, and Thanksgiving… I love Thanksgiving. I mean, really, stop to think about how good Thanksgiving is okay? Just pause, one second, and think… “Thanksgiving”… oh man. For anyone who doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving, I suggest you just go ahead and start that tradition. No need to move to a new continent to escape religious persecution... just go ahead and cook yourself a turkey.

I was back in New Hampshire for the gluttonous holiday, and we stayed up at the house in Lincoln for a change of scenery. Wendy & Al were there, along with Mom & Dad, and we even had Tyler show up for dinner, as is the norm for most holidays. There was a turkey… it was covered in bacon… it was good.

During the weekend, it was time to enjoy a trip up to Castle in The Clouds. Why? I don’t know why, but when you’re 29 and you go home to hang out with your parents in New Hampshire for a few days… you do random stuff. I hadn’t been inside the “castle” for over a decade easily, so it was cool to see. The view from the front porch doesn’t get its justice in this picture… but you can get the idea; a lake, mountains, trees… all good things.

And then… just as quickly as I showed up… it was time to get back to Memphis… there was work to be done.