And.... I'm back!

Can't necessarily say I am better, because what is 'better' anyway? Better than what?  I'm the same person I've always been - probably always will be - but, now I have a job.  Why is it that working makes us feel so much better about ourselves?

In my case, I am really fortunate, because I love my new job.  Not every day, not every minute, but I do love what I do and the main thing is I get to help people.  That is really cool.  And these are people just like me pretty much.  They fit in, but not like the proverbial round peg in the round hole... No, we find ways to fit in to society, not by bending to their rules and expectations, but by carving out our own niche.  My 'sabbatical' last year was the second such break from full time employment I've taken since I was 18 and in the Air Force. That's not 'normal' and people have subtle ways of reminding us 'different' folk that we are just a tad outside the mainstream...

No matter. I'm happy. I'm healthy.  I'd like to be a little thinner, but meh.  I'll have to ask my friend Billy how he dropped 20 pounds over the summer.  All that manual labor at the camps, no doubt.

Well, I have to go.  I have college students waiting for me to dispense pearls of wisdom.  I suppose I've got a few :)

Later, ya'll.