What was that..?

"Whoa!"
This is what you are probably saying to yourself right now.
"Did I just see the "Odyssey of the Mind" feed go to bold? Did he really post something?"
That's right ladies and gents, my first post in who knows how long. My last post outlined at a very high level what I had dubbed the "Summer of Travis" (blatant Seinfeld mention). Well the Summer of Travis was great. Seeing friends in Boston, Philly and moving to Washington DC were all great but the first leg of my travels proved the hardest to overcome.
My time spent in the Pacific Northwest was nothing short of spectacular. Jeff was a great guide as he provided the quintessential experience. We visited the San Juan Islands, Seattle, Microsoft (I'm a geek at heart), the Public Market, the First Starbucks, Mariners game and we went to Mt Rainier. When I say we "went to Rainier" we REALLY went to it, buy climbing it - not all the way, of course, but to Moon Rocks (about 9,000 feet). Needless to say, a great time and easily the highlight of the summer.
The summer officially ended with me waking up at 4am for a flight to Chicago. Two weeks of training, one and a half weeks in DC, three clients later, I find myself in a Residence Inn in the bustling downtown of Jackson, Mississippi! While I definitely did not see myself in Jackson, Mississippi during any time in my life, I am happy to be afforded to opportunity to travel. Thank goodness because I am on the road for the next two months Jackson, Mississippi; Tulsa, Oklahoma; New York, New York and Omaha, Nebraska will all be traveled to before the end of October.
Every year (around my birthday) I engage myself in a pretty informal goal setting/self evaluation period. What went right over the past year? What went wrong? Where can I improve? What things do I want to get involved? The post Labor Day time frame has always worked well for me because that is when the hecticness of summer ends, I would have been heading back to school, it was around my birthday, etc. It just so happens it is the same time that my development plan is due for the year as well.
So where am I now (besides Mississippi) and what am I doing? Well that is partly the reason I am getting back into blogging. It helps me vet out my thoughts and understand where I stand on various topics. So look out for some of those things to become topics over the next few months.
Cheers.