Matt Holthe's Fleeting Thoughts

A couple of days ago the Cubs finished their season by getting swept in the National League Championship Series by the New York Mets. It was nice that the Cubs were able to win the division series against St Louis. They won the division series at home, which is the first time EVER that a post season series was clinched at Wrigley Field. That was nice for the city of Chicago. Hopefully this is the start of a good run for the Cubs where they can continue to compete year after year and eventually get to and win a World Series.

This is the kind of record that I'm excited about. Since I started in my current job in March of 2007, here's how many actual miles I've flown each year (all airlines combined): 2007 - 76,442 2008 - 81,865 2009 - 50,020 2010 - 33,270 2011 - 36,594 2012 - 36,543 2013 - 45,309 2014 - 9,425 2015 - 8,033 The year 2014 was a down year (not very much business) and 2015 I was assigned to a contract that was local to me. I was renewed on that contract for 2016, so next year will be another down year for miles. In fact, this year there were only 2 trips for business and 2 trips for personal where I took an airplane. 4 trips to the airport the entire year. At the end of next year I'll have to figure out something. I like not being on the road - I did it for 7 years and am now pretty sick of it. But once this contract runs out, I might be forced back on the road to keep employed. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.