2020 was definitely a year to remember. We made it through, but it's been an adventure.
January and February weren't too bad. I got to lament about the things I didn't accomplish in 2019. Or 2018. Or 2017. Or.... you get the picture. I also participated in T-SQL Tuesday #122 about Imposter Syndrome. - I need to write more about this topic. I finished January on a high note: I got accepted to talk at Into The Box 2020 down in Houston. Golden Hammer: Confessions of a Recovering Database Abuser
But then March came along and set a different pace for the year.
> March 3. I woke up around midnight to a tornado that came less than 1000 yards from my house. I watched that broadcast on Channel 5 News while it happened, and saw the radar moving towards my house. I didn't realize exactly how close it was. It moved through quickly but destroyed large parts of Nashville and left us with no electricity for over a week. We were lucky. We lost most of our trees, including part of one that landed on my wife's car, but no severe damage to our house. We had to spend the week in a hotel, but a lot of people in town lost their entire houses or businesses. There was lots of damage, including a lot of damage at the school my wife teaches at.
>> Then COVID lockdowns hit. People needed to clean up storm damage, but nothing was getting done.
April -
>> I finally bought a new office chair. My old chair made it almost 20 years. Not too shabby.
May -
>> Adobe ColdFusion Developer Week - online
>> Into The Box was supposed to be live. This was going to be my first time speaking. But thanks to COVID, the conference was changed. Many conferences cancelled outright, but Ortus did an amazing job putting together a very nice virtual conference. I still got to speak, and this was to be the first of this year's online conferences. I missed seeing some of these people, but I'll catch them when we can be in person. Regardless, it was a lot of fun. Thank you, Ortus.
June -
>> On June 3, my wife and I have been married for 25 Years. We had grand plans for our Silver Anniversary, but thanks again, COVID. Hopefully we'll be able to do something next year.
July - (Birthday month!)
>> I bought a pool. Then began the wait for installation.
>> I got traded. I ended the contract with SysPlus and started a new contract with Jacobs. All without ever leaving the same seat I've been in since the end of 2016. The life of a Government Contractor. :-)
August -
>> August 13. The pool is installed! Finally
>> August 17. Back in to the office.
>> August 27. And back to working from home. Thanks yet again, COVID.
September -
>> Time to begin winterizing the pool. :-( At least I got to swim for a little bit before it started getting too cold.
October -
>> Microsoft 70-764 test 1 for MCSE. -- Took several days to get scheduled, but I got it done and passed the test.
>> Renewed my Flight Instructor Certificate again. https://www.acecfi.com
November -
>> Vote for President. And then the drama that followed.
>> CF Summit - Online -- Day 1 & -- Day 2
>> Nov 26 back to 50% staff. Only come in as needed.
December -
>> Advent of Code is live. I wanted to do better than I did last year. Technically I did; I made it to Week 7. But I would have liked to have gone a bit farther. Next year, I hope to finish up some of these exercises from previous years. https://github.com/shawnoden/aoc
>> Microsoft 70-762 test 3 for MCSE -- So I did a thing...
>> I finished off the year as a winner in our =VX9= Holiday Raffle. I won an Asus 1080 video card, which is older, but still a good card, and a pricy prize. Thank you, =VX9=. ONE TEAM!!!
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