Here I am.

Back at it.

It’s been a while since my last post. A few weeks.

Had a few busy weeks here and there with traveling and working on the weekends and catching up on school and programming.

Lots to do.

My life….is in flux.

It’s definitely not normal.

There’s going to be a new normal for the next few weeks at least, with more traveling and with night classes.

Classes had officially started and so far, I’m enjoying them.

I think I’m enjoying the Relational Database class a little better than the SQL class, even though it’s been mostly SQL so far. I think it’s more about the theory and the foundations of what a database is, plus I already know a lot of the stuff that’s been discussed.

The same goes with the SQL class too.

Both professors told me that I may be too advanced for the class, but I told them that because I learned on the job, I don’t have a solid foundation. I may know 80% of everything, but I want to know the last 20% because they may be beneficial.

There are a few downsides to class. One of them is that I can’t get access to some of my quizzes and assignments on time for some reason. I always have to reach out to the professor and then to their tech support. Weird.

Also, I don’t sleep well during the nights that I have class. It seems like I can’t turn off my brain. It’s busy, processing information, thoughts.

No idea.

But, school is school. It’s going and I’m enjoying it.

Life.

Tired.

True true tiredness.

It never ends.

It never goes away.

Life.

Tired.

That’s all I feel now.

Tired.

Getting old sucks.

Being constantly tired sucks.

But that’s normal. That’s status quo.

Soon, I’ll be on a little break seeing family again and then I’m off to NOLA for a conference.

Travel.

Fun.

Make the best of it.

Life the best life and be the best you.

I try.

Everyday.

BFF’s last day was yesterday.

Sad.

I’ll miss her.

While I was in Moorestown, I stayed with Linda and Sung for a few days.

It was great seeing everyone again. It’s been so long, and it was talking with Linda that I got more serious about investing in my future.

Sure, I have my 401(K) and my investments through work and the mutual fund I setup years ago with dad’s life insurance money, but I never seriously thought about it and be proactive in trying to save up.

So, last week, I started Roth IRA fund with Vanguard and started dabbling in trading.

I’m not a serious trader, so I just invested a small amount and only have stock in Microsoft and Apple. I definitely will need to diversify and maybe put in a little more money later, but at this moment, I need to get past the urge to constantly look at how my money is doing or how the market is doing.

I don’t need another stress level in my life, but yes, I’m about to be 40 and I should take this kind of shit more seriously.

I’ve always had my contribution from work at 7% since the first day I started and being there 10 years, I should have upped it significantly. I’m making a significant more than I did back then.

10%.

I’ll deal with it.

It’ll be better than having the money sit in my savings and only collecting $8/year in returns.

Let’s see how it goes.

I think it’ll be fine.

Let’s hope it goes fine.

It’ll definitely be fine.