So Where Have I Been?

Some of you may have noticed that I have been absent from this site for longer than usual. Thanks for noticing. So, where have I been? Actually, it isn't as much a question of where I have been, but more where I haven't. Which is home.

This is the 120th day of 2009. I have been in a plane, train, or automobile for 36 of those 120 days. Doesn't seem too bad at first, until you break it down to the fact that I have been gone for 30% of this year so far. That's 30% of the year I have missed with Donna, Gavin, and Isabelle. That's 30% less Dad time. 30% less home project time. 30% less "keeping up with the Jones'" time. Any way you look at it, I have had just less time this year, and am frankly having a difficult time adjusting to it.

Trying to make up for losing 30% of the year, in the 70% that you have only breeds one thing...Stress. And that, I do have. Clinical case. Check em off. Schedule out of whack? Check. Sleep messed up? Check. Eating like crap? Check. Drinking more? Check. Moody? Check. And on, and on, and on. So, what have I done about it? I have done what I can, and dropped what I can't. Unfortunately, for my loyal readers, this site got dropped. Hard.

But life rolls on. The summer months are right around the corner, and I can see by looking at the calendar that it is going to be a busy one filled with fantastic time spent with family and friends. Some of you will be joining us as we break (not literally) in our new camper. And yes, I fully expect to take a ton of crap from the Posadni's our first trip out. We will be traveling for the Holidays, and hitting Maine this year with the whole Anderson clan.

I am going to take a break for a while, and let the things I can get done in life, get done. And those that I can't, I'll pick back up a little later. So, until I find my way back, I'll leave you with this. Thanks for checking in, and I'll enjoy my summer with you face to face.