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The rollercoaster of life is taking me to new places. After 12 wonderful years at The Sun-Times, the sun is setting on my days here and I’m going to change rides. Friday will mark my last day at the newspaper as I have taken a job with the state in criminal justice social work.
I thought I would grow old here. You know, be that crotchety old guy that mumbles with each keystroke. (Some might say I reached that point many years ago.) The one that the whippersnappers torment as they graduate college and come in with new, crazy ideas; the old bald guy that is still using a computer when everyone else is writing their stories by just thinking about them. Ah yes, the golden years.
It is hard to say goodbye. Although I am looking forward to the new adventures ahead, to a new, exhilarating thrill ride, I will miss the coaster I’ve been riding. I am going to miss the people I work with on a regular basis, especially my friends at the office. They are my extended family and I will truly miss them.
We’ve been through a lot together, especially over the past year. We’ve come together as a loving family, and we’ve fought like cats and dogs, but I still love ‘em all.
With each new twist and turn I have met a lot of great people. I appreciate the help I have received over the years. That help ensured the ride wasn’t so bumpy; this means all the police, elected officials, emergency personnel, and hundreds of others that made things a lot easier, I appreciate all of you.
Changing rides means changing how I live. It’s going to be hard to turn off the police scanner and not go to the newsy events. I’ve been doing that for 17 or so years and it will be a hard habit to break. It might be easier than I think, especially if everyone else in the house has a say so about it.
For the first time in 19 years I won’t be under public scrutiny. I can’t say I won’t miss that part. As the old saying goes, you can please some of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time. Boy, do I know that’s the truth.
What I can say is this has been a great ride. The ups, of course, have been a lot more enjoyable than the corkscrew and loop-to-loop times that I thought would last forever.
There may be times when I hop back on The Sun-Times coaster and take it for a spin, write an article here and there, but my full time ride ticket is almost full of punches.
I will be working locally and will still see a lot of the friendly faces. Heck, I even plan to volunteer at a lot of the events I’ve covered year after year.
So, as I change from the Superman coaster to a new one, I say adios, it’s been fun.
The rollercoaster of life is taking me to new places. After 12 wonderful years at The Sun-Times, the sun is setting on my days here and I’m going to change rides. Friday will mark my last day at the newspaper as I have taken a job with the state in criminal justice social work.
I thought I would grow old here. You know, be that crotchety old guy that mumbles with each keystroke. (Some might say I reached that point many years ago.) The one that the whippersnappers torment as they graduate college and come in with new, crazy ideas; the old bald guy that is still using a computer when everyone else is writing their stories by just thinking about them. Ah yes, the golden years.
It is hard to say goodbye. Although I am looking forward to the new adventures ahead, to a new, exhilarating thrill ride, I will miss the coaster I’ve been riding. I am going to miss the people I work with on a regular basis, especially my friends at the office. They are my extended family and I will truly miss them.
We’ve been through a lot together, especially over the past year. We’ve come together as a loving family, and we’ve fought like cats and dogs, but I still love ‘em all.
With each new twist and turn I have met a lot of great people. I appreciate the help I have received over the years. That help ensured the ride wasn’t so bumpy; this means all the police, elected officials, emergency personnel, and hundreds of others that made things a lot easier, I appreciate all of you.
Changing rides means changing how I live. It’s going to be hard to turn off the police scanner and not go to the newsy events. I’ve been doing that for 17 or so years and it will be a hard habit to break. It might be easier than I think, especially if everyone else in the house has a say so about it.
For the first time in 19 years I won’t be under public scrutiny. I can’t say I won’t miss that part. As the old saying goes, you can please some of the people some of the time, but you can’t please all of the people all of the time. Boy, do I know that’s the truth.
What I can say is this has been a great ride. The ups, of course, have been a lot more enjoyable than the corkscrew and loop-to-loop times that I thought would last forever.
There may be times when I hop back on The Sun-Times coaster and take it for a spin, write an article here and there, but my full time ride ticket is almost full of punches.
I will be working locally and will still see a lot of the friendly faces. Heck, I even plan to volunteer at a lot of the events I’ve covered year after year.
So, as I change from the Superman coaster to a new one, I say adios, it’s been fun.
