Just when you thought it was safe to move....

Been a few weeks (okay, months) but I am back with a new and improved blog posting!!!

Since we last talked (blogged),  there have been a few changes in the life I lead..  Let's see, they would include:

Attended Kaleidoscope 2012 in San Antonio, TX

1. Presentation went over okay, met a TON of the best people you will ever meet
2. Met many of the TRUE Guru's of APEX There and asked MANY questions.. Some of my questions actually were intelligent...
3. Took home a new appreciation of the community I belong to..

Decided that working in Dallas, TX for the FDIC was NOT what I wanted to be doing.  So my family and I decided to move to Virgina for a new job!!!

Yes, leaving Texas was kind of hard (will miss the people we became friends with, but will keep those friendships up over the distance..)  However, we are making new friends here in Virgina and have found a WONDERFUL place to live..


We are about 20 miles outside of Charlottesville, VA, in a small little town called Ruckersville.. Actually we are on the outskirts of Ruckersville.. Off in the country, with a 20 minute commute to work each day.. Almost reminds me of Montana in the fall, where we are having a true Northeastern Fall....

Also as I speak (type) we are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy (damn, and I thought we'd get away from those &^*$%#$)(^&*^% hurricanes moving to Virgina....

No power, blown down trees and branches, high temperatures in the 40's lows in the 30's...

But I am enjoying the work and the people I am working with here..  Light years better than what I was doing in Dallas.  There were a few good people I worked with Dallas, but the environment was so bitter and caustic towards the contractors I could not wait to leave every day.  A benefit of moving here is, that my family and I see each other every night too!!!

Lastly, I am preparing for Kaleidoscope 2013 and my presentations..  I hope too to meet more of the APEX community that I have spoken to through the APEX support forum & Indeed.com.  I am in the midst of working on an APEX plugin to demonstrate and promote for the conference, hopefully it will meet the needs of the APEX community..

Till another day...

Texas_Apex_Developer (now in Virgina)