Growing up means increase freedom but also increased responsibility.  Also you have to make decisions big and small.  I had to make a decision recently that has torn me up emotionally and still continues to nag at me.  I have taken a full time job with a new company that is in stage3 startup mode which could bring lots of good things.  The decision was made for stability and less risk for the family.  Melissa has shouldered the load of being the stable income since we graduated college.  It has allowed me the luxary of working jobs with high risk high reward situations.  I have absolutely loved working with Bryan for the last 5 months.  He is an awesome boss/friend that has taught me the wasy of programming at a pretty accelerated pace.  I make good money and have great freedom working from home.  The risk involved is that when your a contractor... it is feast or famine.  With the prospect of IBM tossing Melissa aside because they are financial morons, I have to grow up and make the tough decision.

    On Monday, I will be starting a new job with eTeleNext, Inc., a biopharmaceutical laboratory information management system software company.  The are doing extremely well and growing at a break neck pace right now.  The opportunity would have been perfect 5 months ago, but after working with Blu Solutions for the past 5 months, my definition of perfect has changed.  I really like the contractor life style.  I am keeping an open mind, because everyone I talked to at eTeleNext was awesome, from the hiring project manager to the president and CTO.  I hope that I can live up to their expectations.

   I will continue to work with Bryan part time helping him out with little things here and there as much as I can.  If things don't work out or Bryan creates a more stable situation in the future, he has graciously left the door open for us to work together again.  Like I said, he is a great guy! 

Hope everyone has a great weekend!