Penn State

Board of Trustees announces leadership changes at Penn State

This whole situation makes my stomach churn. This time last year Danielle and I got awesome tickets to see what the Penn State experience was all about. It was unreal, and we happened to choose Joe Paterno's 400th win. Beaver Stadium was electric. I can not ever remember feeling this kind of feeling because of sports before, I think just because it involves children and I have zero tolerance for such a thing. I will write more when I can come up with more thoughts on this.

I am on day 3 of 4 for the Osha 511 General Industry course. The instructor has been exceptional I wish I had a mentor like him daily, he is a wealth of knowledge for EHS. I really have no idea how many years I would have to be in this profession for me to feel as confident and fluid as he is, and able to really convince everyone based on OSHA standards and regulations just why we do what we do when it comes to workplace safety.

Have a nice evening, Josh

Off to drink

So a lot has changed in my life since my last blog post.  I will not say I PROMISE to write more because I wouldn't want to break that promise.

Well anyways I live in Lowell, Massachusetts now.  I will have plenty of posts about home ownership, what it was like to undertake this huge act of painting every wall (still not done yet, about 91% complete) and have a company come rip up tile, carpet and existing bamboo flooring and lay hardwood floors, and then the adjustment of the new job which drives me flipping bonkers sometimes.  However I am very great to have a job, have made my first mortgage payment, and now I can walk to Lowell Beer Works and try the newest Brew.  They come out with a new beer every month and I am looking forward to it.

I ran tonight, not much at all, but a HUGE amount compared to what I have ran lately.  To say I am unmotivated is an understatement.  To say I lack direction in the area of fitness is the truth and for the first time in my life, it hasn't bothered me.

I miss having friends that are active and hold my feet to the fire when it comes to something like athletics.  Gone have been the days of calling a friend close by to go run 5 miles at a good clip and talk about the days events.  I ran short of 4 miles tonight, however its almost double my mileage over the last 6 weeks or so.

Anyways I will write more later, plenty to catch up on.  But this, November 1st 2011, in my flannel shirt, I will be the guy at the bar, alone, watching some NHL game I could care less about, trying the beer of the month.  Life is grand.  Josh