Jeremy Phillips

I’ve had more than a few people ask if I’m alive over the past few weeks so I figured I would post an update of what I’ve been up to since my last blog post almost two months ago. So, a brief summary of what happened after I got back from New Jersey, in no particular order.

• I worked remotely for a couple weeks providing support for a mining company doing an Exchange migration using Quest Migration Manager for Exchange. The servers were spread out all over the world on poor WAN links, so this was an exercise in patience more than anything else. This was also the first time I used GoToMyPC for any length of time and I can definitely recommend you try it out; It’s incredibly easy to use.
• I took most of the month of June off, which provided a needed sanity break for me – I only logged into a computer three times in three and a half weeks.
• I turned 30 on June 1 and my wife setup a surprise birthday party for me. This was especially difficult for her as she didn’t have contact info for any of my friends and I have a habit of locking my machine when I’m not using it. She was ingenious enough to wait for me to leave my machine unlocked and then search through my Outlook contacts for names she remembered. So don’t feel bad if you didn’t get invited.
• Participated in lots of end of year activities at my children’s school, including field day and my youngest daughter’s kindergarten concert among other things.
• Flew down to beautiful and exciting Vacaville, CA to see my niece’s high school graduation. I still can’t believe she’s actually 18 now. Yes, my sisters are quite a bit older than I am.
• My mother-in-law flew over from North Carolina and stayed with us for a little over a week. As her sister (Holly’s Aunt) lives in Wenatchee, we made a day trip to visit them in Leavenworth.
• I took the family on a hike down to Snoqualmie Falls. I hadn’t been there since I was about my son’s age, it was just as awesome as I remember.
• While Ryan went on a 7 day Rite of Passage Journey (to simplify; that’s kind of like summer camp except it’s backpacking) I took Taylor & Tori camping. We went to Turlo in the Mt. Baker Snoqualmie National Forest.
• My sister-in-law graduated to become a ritual leader. I’m not exactly sure what that means but she’s happy about it so we’re happy for her.
• On July 1st, I started a long term project at Microsoft as a v- consultant supporting Outlook Live and Live@Edu. It’s a VERY large implementation based on Exchange 2010 and it’s pretty damn fun so far.

So, that’s what I’ve been up to. Hope it answered all the questions that everyone keeps asking me but feel free to ask in the comments. I’ll finish up with a quote that I’ve been thinking about quite a bit:

Don’t worry about what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. -Robert Thurman