As of this past Friday, i’m officially fully self-employed. I’ll be spending half my time working on projects for consulting clients, and the rest of my time catching up on life and personal projects that i’ve put off for far, far too long. Even though i’m excited about the opportunities and the freedom, I still miss a lot of the people I met at my last job a great deal, and I have no regrets about the time I spent employed as a web programmer.
I typically don’t blog about any personal items on this blog, but recently i’ve been completely sideswiped by this big change in my life, combined with what’s going on in the world right now, especially in New Orleans. Recent events with Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent, predictable flooding of the city, have been heartwrenching to observe. It seems like today, Saturday, the military is finally getting people out of the Superdome.
I’ve made a donation to the Red Cross through a new service that the USC Credit Union is offering, in which you can transfer funds directly into the R.C.’s Katrina response fund. This is definitely the worst natural disaster i’ve seen in my adult life, and it’s heartbreaking to see the plight of the poor Louisianans who did not have the ability to evacuate. If you’ve been thinking about helping, I encourage you to donate directly to the Red Cross if you have the means.