If you take stock of the posts on Geekman's World for the past six months, you'll probably be able to divide them into two categories: a) "OMG! Check out this cute/funny/amazing internets videos"; or b) "OMG! MY life sucks and wah wah wah."

Neither are particularly good reading material.

The problem is that I haven't had a lot of time or energy (depending on when you ask me) to reflect on things. There are a lot of things I like about my job, but the fact of the matter is that it is often pretty draining. You become very cynical at our office because, every time the phone rings, it's a client who wants something. Sometimes, what they want is difficult, or impossible, but they want it done anyway and SOON. Invariably, you get the job done well and you rarely get thanks from the client; just as often you get complaints.

The other extreme with work is when there are days and there is nothing to do. You have to sit in a chair and twiddle your thumbs. Trying to find things to do on a slow day in the office leads to hours of time passing slowly, and you become excruciatingly, painfully bored. You think of all the times you stayed late or came in early or used some personal time to get work done, and you ask your boss if the staff could leave an hour early, just today. He will invariably suggest some terrible data entry job that you could do, causing you to cringe and saunter back to your cube to bleed away the rest of the hour.

That being said, it's definitely worth mentioning that the two things which make the job worthwhile are supportive and good-natured employers and co-workers, who are both essential to making the work experience pleasant overall.

I would love to explain all sorts of things that make me excited about work, but again, that falls into two categories: a) technical stuff that goes way over your heads (yes, all of you); and b) stuff that I can't talk about right now. That second one is the real humdinger. Some of you know most of what's going on through private conversations. It would be great to recount it all in proper detail on the site, but right now, that's not possible. This kind of stuff has been going on for YEARS now. It's an epic tale that started in 2006 and has wound its way through many twists and turns.

We are two weeks away from the finish line.

But that's just the beginning. There is still so much to do. But, at least I'll be able to talk about some of what has been going on over the years. I look forward to that.

I've also recently realized that I still have what it takes to build a good-looking website. So I'm going to take it upon myself this year to finally do what I've been talking about for ages now: redesign my site.

A while ago I set up "Twisted Pair", my "IT on a Budget" blog. I updated it quite infrequently, the site was uninspired, and the truth is that I'm on much less of a budget these days than I used to be. This November, the domain expired and I shrugged and let it go (some squatter has since snatched it up). In the new Geekman's World, I'd like to have this stuff on the main page. Those of you who are not especially tech-inclined can ignore it (or maybe even try to read it and learn something). But today, IT is one of the most essential parts of who I am. When I look back through my life: a love of computer systems has been persistently dominant; my website should reflect that.

In the meantime, I'll be going full stink to get my job done. Everyone please wish me luck and send good energy my way so that I can deal with the occasional fit of stress or frustration.

See you in two weeks.