Yearly Recap: 2010
This past year has been the biggest of my life. Our son Leopold was born on Christmas Eve 2009.
Throughout 2010 we’ve been challenged by our new role as parents. There was frustration and tears but also so much joy. I wouldn’t give it up for anything.
My wife Amy took the year off work to stay home with Leo. At the time I was a work-from-home contractor which proved tricky to balance. Early in the year it was too tempting to leave my office and spend time with the family. It took until March before we had settled into a routine that allowed for work as well as daddy-time.
In May I turned 32. On the day itself I was in Auckland for a contract job. I had to be up at 5am and worked through most of the day. I think I got back home to Wellington around 10pm and fell asleep within minutes. My profile picture since then has been a photo I snapped while working that day:
My parents live in Christchurch, so I was somewhat concerned when Amy woke me early on September 4th. The earthquake hit my old neighbourhood hard. Flooding, damaged drains and sewage, structural damage to houses, spooked families. My parents home will be demolished and rebuild. Today they are still waiting to find out when the rebuild will start. Being stuck in limbo is difficult, especially when you’re still living in the house that is “uneconomical to repair”. I’m hoping 2011 will resolve all that.
In November I wound up my contracting business and started full-time at FX Networks as Chief Information Officer. My role is to manage IT and information systems for the business. I’ve had a similar job before, but that was in a smaller company I founded. Now I’m working with some amazing people and very excited about the work ahead of me.
I think that’s all the interesting stuff that happened to me in the last year. We did a little bit of travel, but mostly I spent my time with family. If I had a resolution for 2011 it would be to spend more time with friends.
