When I was younger I was pretty good with computers and tinkered with them as a hobby. However, I had always been fascinated with flying and aviation in general. In my early twenties I earned my ratings for Single and Multi-engine land and instrument airplane and getting an Associates degree in Commercial Flight and Air Traffic Control. but I ended up losing my medical. This took the winds out of my sails and my twenties are what I term a lost decade, filled with odd, dead end jobs.

When I turned thirty some light bulb turned on and I started working more professional jobs. I had lots of accounting in school (only community colleges) and used that to my advantage. I eventually received work in an IT department for a large corporation, got married, and decided I needed to get my four year degree. When that corporation closed the plant I was working at, I continued on my degree while working odd IT contracting jobs to stay afloat. I'm glad I stuck with it. After some time, I finally landed a permanent developer position.

When my mother-in-law became ill we left SoCal for Indiana and I found a job as a developer supporting various customers; my largest is supporting a financial system for an Army command. I recently received my Certified Government Financial Manager certification, which marries my IT skills nicely with customer needs. I plan on starting my MBA in August and I do disaster action team support for the Red Cross, providing support for small disasters such as house fires.

I'd like to get back into flying again one day. One of my buddies flies a time-share aircraft for high-end customers, but he doesn't seem to like it now. They always told us in college that a vocation in flying can mean living the life of a trucker, always gone from home and tough on marriages; and my friend says that's just how it is. I had always wanted to be a crop-duster myself.

I'm happy and so is my wife. Life is good.