So what is this place, all birds, all the time?

Astute readers might notice very little activity going on here — other than the birding links.

Well, apologies for that. I can explain.

Things have been — what a surprise — really busy at Palm, trying to get things ready for the rest of the universe. You might have heard we had a little announcement last week at Web 2.0; I’m seriously glad we got there, but there’s still a lot to do and much of what I’m doing is still in stealth land. I’m enjoying the work a lot, and I’m really happy I made the decision to go there — but it’s taking up a lot of time and energy; to be honest, I haven’t been in much of a mood to write in the evenings, so I’ve been relaxing offline and away from the computers, watching hockey and working my way through an RPG on the XBOX (Fable, if you might ask. I’m so bleeding edge…)

But one thing I promised myself when I took the job was that I’d take advantage of not spending 1 1/2 and more per day in the car driving to do something with that time I’ve recovered, and also take advantage of being about 10 minutes away from many of my favorite birding haunts. I’m trying to get out a couple of times a week during lunch for short birding trips — and to start getting my walking and exercise going.

And that’s the other reason; I’m trying, twice a week and once on the weekend, to get out and get some exercise. Not a lot — yet — because I’m still trying to rehab the knee and ankle and honestly, half a mile to 3/4 is about all I’m really comfortable with; even so, after a few weeks of this, I’m starting to notice the difference and I’m starting to raise the exertion a bit.

It’s a start, and birding is a reason and an excuse; I also find writing about it pretty, well, unintersting, even to me. “Hey! I’ve lost 1% of my goal weight! whoo hoo!” just doesn’t do much for me.

But talking about the birding? That I enjoy doing. So I will.

there are a number of things I”m planning to write about, so soon you should be seeing some more on other topics, and I’m starting to think about the next phases in a few things, from my photography work to this blog design to…

But the reality is, with the time and energy I have these days, my first priority is to make sure things at work go well, and secondarily, I’m trying not to allow myself to not see the exercise and walking as a “as soon as I finish this thing” priority again. The other things can happen once I’m happier with the state of my exercise and diet, not the other way around. And, FWIW, since joining Palm I’ve taken in a full belt loop, and I’m getting closer to the weight I was at before my dad got sick at the start of 2008. But there’s still a lot to do there, the journey can barely be said to have begun…

So stay tuned, and I apologize for the relative paucity of discussion here…. But we’re finally getting there.

I think.

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