Life moving on...

For about six years, I was a regular poster on a certain Internet bulletin board site, dealing primarily with travel and travel-related issues.  For a number of reasons -- most notably, the fact that the moderators of the site are largely immune from the rules that they themselves are designated to enforce -- I ended my participation on that site approximately one month ago.  And I'm okay with it, for the most part.  I'm not sure I'm okay with the fact that the questions raised surrounding this issue have been completely and utterly ignored, but I'm also not surprised in the least that they've been ignored, given the past track record of someone who claims to take these sorts of issues seriously. I knew that going in, though, so that makes it easier to deal with.

Again, though, life moves on.  The site will move on, and so will I.  Besides, I have bigger things to concern myself with.

Thursday (being the last day before our state holiday observing Nevada Day) was the last day for my co-worker, Tina, who gota job in the private sector.  She's making more money and eliminating her commute, so I really don't blame her for doing it.  Besides, I don't think that she was ever really happy doing what we do, so it was only a matter of time before she pulled the trigger for her departure.

What this ultimately means for me is several things:

1. A lot of the things that she was doing behind the scenes are now my responsibility.
2. We get to hire someone else (and hope that this person will work out).
3. I get to think about my future a little bit, too.

I'm not unhappy in my job.  I like what I do -- most days -- and I like the people I work with -- most of the time.  I've wondered, though, whether it's something I'll be doing for the next twenty-five years, and right now, I'm not sure of that.  I guess the important thing for me for the near future is to get through life moving on around me, move on to the priorities that are important in my life, and see what happens.

And as for the travel discussion parts?  I think I've moved on to something better.