Cycles of Change: Part ? Of ¿

This month has been a crazy one...but before I write the bulk of this post, I want to thank Facebook for reminding me that exactly one year ago today, I took The Bike With No Name out for her maiden voyage. Approximately 3,000 miles later, you can literally see what kind of a difference a year makes:

That's actually the under side of my handlebar grip, which I flipped around some time ago because I had already worn out the top half. That also kinda ties into why I haven't been blogging lately, even though I have been biking. Lookit:

Those of you closest to me know this already, and maybe I mentioned this on here before, but this hobby blog has actually been a great contributor to my personal and professional progress. In the first 2 months of this year, it's really moved me further than I'd ever imagined.

My higher ups (including my amazing former director of marketing) noticed this special space I've carved out in cyber space some time back in 2015 and offered me an opportunity to do part-time marketing work at Wash Cycle Laundry. As the saying goes, the rest is history.

I spent the next year-ish learning on the job, and when my supervisor left for her own bigger dreams back in December, the door opened for me to step into a larger role in marketing and sales. I've been away from the blog for the last month or so as I trained a replacement for my commercial route. Happy to say, my replacement is doing awesome, and I'm expecting big things from the both of us. Let's just say we both had good trainers (I promise no more shameless self promotions).

Nearly 2 years to the day that we opened our North Philly plant, it was tough to let go of my route this past Monday - much tougher than I thought it would be - but riding onward to bigger and better things is also exciting for sure. What a difference a year makes, indeed...

So that's it. Sort of. I'm off the bike for work-related purposes, but just because that was a major reason why I started this blog doesn't mean it's going anywhere. I've got some big plans for the remainder of 2017, of course. Remember, 30 Days of Biking is just around the corner in April.

With continued thanks for all of your support on this ride we call life, let's ride on...