As I understand it, blogging is all about sharing the interesting (or boring) and intimate (or commonplace) details of your life with random strangers. So, I thought I might share with you today some of the stuff that I won't be sharing on this blog.
I work in the exciting, fast paced financial services industry. That's right! It's exciting! It's fast paced! No, really! So, the part that's going to seem mysterious is that for compliance and regulatory reasons, I can't tell you who I work for or much of anything about my job. And because my husband also works in the financial services industry, I can't tell you who he works for or much of anything about his job either.
You're not missing anything really, because my job isn't exactly a thrill ride. Although it wasn't always that way. My current position is in the rather dull back-office end of financial services, but once upon a time I did actually work in the exciting, fast paced front line. I spent my days placing million dollar trades, complex option strategy trades and manually calculating margin requirements that would make or break the average joe's bank account. Do I miss it? Of course. Would I go back to it? Heck no!
What else is too top secret to share in a blog? Well, there is what my son does for a living. My son is an awesome guy. He's the fruit of my loins, apple of my eye, cherry on top of my sundae and any other produce-related superlatives you care to indulge in. He joined the Air Force right out of high school was immediately offered a job in the intelligence operations, where he has been totally rocking their world.
So, what does he do? Really, I have no idea. He gets to wear a really cool looking badge and they have spent at least half of the last 3 years training him. As far as I know, he spends his days dominating information and his nights dominating PC games. Although I can't say much about what he does for a living, I assure you I will probably blog incessantly about how amazing my son is.
The really top secret stuff I could have not blogged about were things my dad did. Dad passed on a few years ago, but he really did do all kinds of things one wasn't allowed to talk about. Dad was a brilliant engineer, with multiple engineering degrees and a top level security clearance. When I was in high school, I just told all my friends he was a spy because in all honesty I didn't really know what he was working on. Then in the 1980's he worked for Rocky Flats, near Denver-Boulder, where he allegedly learned to make nuclear bombs. I say allegedly because, first off I'm not the only person in this family who occasionally exaggerates, and second, the official word from the Rocky Flats people is that they didn't make nuclear bombs there, they only made "components".
That's all the confidential stuff I won't be blogging about. I can assure you that I have many other fascinating topics to cover. Tune in tomorrow when I plan on blogging about my super-cool Mother, who is already feeling left out because I haven't blogged about her yet, even though she's right here blogging with me and it's only been two days.
Regards, Elyzabeth
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