Off to a Good Start

This year I am really starting off on the right foot. For some reason, I have been extremely motivated. I am fairly excited about the things that have happened already or are in the works. So far I have officially reinstated my Florida Class E Driving License, filed my taxes, brewed a new batch of stout, and have an interview scheduled with Coraid in Athens, GA.

In regards to my driving privileges, I would like to clear the air and avoid all confusion. I never got a DUI or anything else all that reckless. The story is that I can be quite a slacker at times. A few minor traffic violations got compounded after not paying them which caused the infraction to escalate to a suspended license. On three separate occasions I was caught driving with a suspended license. This put me in the category of Habitual Traffic Offender and I lost my license for five years. I got on just fine without a license the whole time, so I let that go for a total of seven years. Now I am legal again and plan to be a much more careful and considerate motorist.

Filing my taxes was a bit of a pain, but worked out in the end. I filed through TurboTax, but in my rush I spelled my own name incorrectly. During the time it took for the IRS to reject my filing I received a 1098-T which is a Tuition Tax Statement. I refiled, including my tuition statement this time, to find out that Uncle Sam will be reimbursing me for that full amount!

Max and I just brewed a new batch of beer. Our last batch was a stout, but we decided to do another anyway. This time we chose the high gravity (think high alcohol content) Black Hat Imperial Stout. I'm pretty excited to see how this turns out. I checked on it this morning and it has kicked off good and proper already. I should be able to pull the hose tomorrow night and replace it with a simple airlock.

Now, I don't want to get ahead of myself, but I am the most excited about what might happen in my interview. Coraid just secured 10 million USD in VC funding. Brantley posted to 9fans that they were hiring for a couple of positions. I decided this would be, at the very least, a good excuse to update my resume and possibly a chance for a serious career opportunity. Well, I had a phone interview very shortly after submitting my application and Erik has scheduled an on-site interview on Monday. I will be crossing my fingers that everything goes well.