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It's Halloween. I'm more shocked that tomorrow is 1 Nov. The year is almost over! Weather has been nice lately. Definite jeans/sweatshirt temps although we do have a surprisingly warm day thrown in here and there. My son got approved to join the Navy. There were some medical issues that initially held him back but his waiver was approved. Today he picks his job and swears in. He says his goal is to finish college and then ship to boot camp next summer sometime. I hope he follows through with it. He's very close to graduation and I don't want him to find himself in my shoes. I completed 3.5 years of college before I enlisted and didn't really get back to it until late in my career. I basically realized one day that I was only a few years from hitting 20 years of service and becoming retirement-eligible and I still didn't have my degree completed. So I busted my butt and finished my undergrad and then my master's degrees. It made for some very long days of wor...

  It's Friday again and the best part is I am not on call for the weekend! It's been a fun few days. I got my formal approval of CISSP certification. And yesterday spent the day in NYC attending a security event for the first time since 2019. It was much better than spending the day in the office. I've decided my next certification will be Linux+ because it looks like I can get a 2nd cert for free. Once I pass the Linux+ exam I can have those scores sent to another organization and get a 2nd Linux certification approved for free. No plans this weekend so it should be nice and relaxing. Might even get a little reading done. Fall is here but of course we get the occasional great day. Tomorrow is supposed to be low 70s and very nice! We are grilling out for dinner since I don't know how many more days we have to do it. All in all things are quiet at work. Hopefully that continues. Until next time!

Fall is officially upon us. I just went for a walk around campus and it was nice and cool. And quiet too since students are off today for their fall break. Classes resume tomorrow so the lively atmosphere will be back shortly. I am thoroughly enjoying the cooling weather. Jeans/Sweatshirt weather is my absolute favorite. Unfortunately it never stays for too long as it always seems to get winter cold much faster every year. Everything is about the same. Work is work. Golf season is over. My wife's niece that has been staying with us for a while is moving out tomorrow morning. She is  heading back to FL to live with an ex boyfriend and 2 other friends. She is leaving first thing in the morning and should get to FL sometime Thurs afternoon. This means we get our basement area back and with it our 2nd bathroom!!! I had no problems with her staying with us and she knows she could stay for as long as she wants but it will be nice to get our entire house back. I plan on moving...