Catching up take two:

I had about a half page written and thought I had saved it for later then realized the page hadn't saved it...let's see if I can remember what I wrote.
Sitting in Starbucks while Katie gets a medical insurance consultation and trying not to listen. Not that there was any 'personal' information she was telling the lady that I didn't know already but it's just not interesting or my business to hear. (Frankly there wasn't much information other than the lady telling her what the company was and how it would handle her.)
I have come to the realization that I'm getting tired and old. Okay so that's not news but what I've got so work with me here.
After fifteen years at the same job, I think I'm getting too old and tired for dealing with it every day. I think it was the long time off while recovering from surgeries and chemo that kind of set me back a bit.
Kind of like a car that gets in an accident, never quite the same no matter how well it gets fixed.
Feet are hurting all the time at the end of the day, don't know if that's from being overweight or part leftovers from neuropathy. Possible combination of both, but in any case.... if I can hold out for another five years, but then we're talking quantity not quality of years.
This doesn't mean that I'm ready to just drop everything and 'retire', don't have enough in my 401k to last more than a few months. Besides, can't give up the medical coverage at the drop of a hat either.
Don't ask me what I'm going to do, haven't figured that out yet either.
Yes, I'm still writing but as a lot of authors have said; keep your day job. It's a very long road to be a well paid, published author and judging from stories I've heard... it's not a very smooth one either.
 I like creating things, whether on the computer or with beads and stuff. There's no real income in that but if Katie can get a good paying job after she's got most of her schooling done then maybe just maybe in five years I can consider retiring.
Right.
The other problem is consistency. Not my forte unfortunately, kind of goes with the territory of minor ADD.
Well that's kind of where I'm at... secondary midlife crisis. I'm on my own, rooming with one of the best people I could possibly find (if Katie were a guy we'd likely be married hahaha!)
Kids are doing okay, Devon is still looking for a job, Dan and Amber are holding steady as well as they can. Kiri is doing well with her family and all in all, I think I can say I'm proud of all of them.
Think I'll go ponder life, the universe and everything for a bit..

"A person is always startled when he hears himself seriously called an old man for the first time."  - Oliver Wendell Holmes