The heat is the one thing that I dont like. That sticky icky feeling that makes you wonder why you took a shower if being outside for more than a minute just erases that clean feeling. It was a blissful 70-80s for the past month and I had thought we would bypass the nastiness. But of course that never lasts long. We are seeing our first 100s at the end of the week. Im not looking forward to it. Especially since I work in front of a grill and it already gets to over 150 there. Who needs diets when you can melt the fat away?

Im still all elfy and taking a vacation/sabbatical away from Taps. I pop on once in awhile to check on things, hang out with old friends and so forth. Do I miss it? A little. But I think that part of my life is done...

I realize that the reason why I have been... absent emotionally from so many people is my depression. I havent taken medication for my chronic depression since 2005. That's a long time to battle this on my own. And sometimes I just get too tired to battle and I sink into that blackness that makes it hard to enjoy things. Im getting better, though. But bear with me while I trudge on and try not to sink deeper.