6 1/2 Years and now we're here
In a few hours, I'm leaving for my hotel room in Tallahassee, Florida. My family and I will spend the night in Tally, and then go to the graduation ceremony at the Civic Center tomorrow morning.
I just wanted to say thanks to everyone that supported me over the last 6 1/2 years. I've been really fortunate to have a small group of friends, family, and coworkers that supported me and kept focus. Without that, I would have quit years ago. Thanks to all of you, I have finally earned my IS Degree.
From January 2, 1998 - September 11, 2001 I took night classes at UNF while working a technical support job at interlink (a local ISP), and later an applications development position at ISI.
September 11 - 30 September 2002 & March 2003 - July 2003 I spent some time on active duty with the Florida Air National Guard.
In August 2002, I started distance learning at Florida State. This was suggested to me by my bother Scott. This allowed to to go to school full time for the first time in my academic career. Thanks to distance learning, I could do my classwork on the weekend or late in the evenings. If I hadn't switched to FSU, I would still be taking night classes at UNF with a projected graduation date of May 2006!
I'm not sure what I'm going to do after this. I think if I could change a few more things with Anteon (my current employer) I think I could be happy there. Now that I'm in a management role, I think I can make it happen. But for now, I think I'm going to spend some time with my family that I neglected over the past 6 1/2 years.
So thanks again to everyone that stood by me and helped make whole thing possible.