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Hey all. No I'm not dead. Just very busy with this thing called life. Lots of stuff has happened this year so far. A lot of good & some bad. Wanted to touch on a few major points.
First the good news. Afterall whoever really wants to lead off with bad news?! Yesterday I officially began my 4th year with GSB & Associates Flavor Creators. It's still such a joy to be working there & I count myself very fortunate to have landed here. It is a rare thing these days to find work that one actually enjoys doing for a living. There are challenges still as with anything in this life but that only adds to the enjoyment IMO. Living in the North Atlanta area has been much better than I could have hoped for. I could do without the heavy traffic at times but overall, I'm very pleased.
It's traffic that brings me into the bad news section. Back on Easter Sunday while returning from my folk's place, I was rear-ended hard by a little Nissan Altima. My CMax faired very well considering the violence of the impact. It has since been repaired, at the other driver's insurance company's expense. I on the other hand have been dealing with a bad lower back/left hip as what has been deemed thus far as an indirect result of the accident. Something that didnt fully manifest itself till almost a full 2 weeks later. I'm slowly getting on the mend but early July is coming up too quick so I've made the tough decision not to travel to Pittsburgh for AC this year. I hate that it comes to this but I need to focus on getting better. That's priority #1. There'll always be future cons. This has come as a disappointment to some & I hate that & am very sorry. Understand though that I would not be able to fully enjoy the trip with continuing back problems & concerns looming over just how much in the end I may be set back financially by all this. That's all being worked out right now & it'll be a long process perhaps.
So those are the bullet points of the ups & downs of 2017 thus far. Overall though as I said, I still feel so blessed to be where I am now & am happy to state I can make the best of all situations. Be they good or bad.
First the good news. Afterall whoever really wants to lead off with bad news?! Yesterday I officially began my 4th year with GSB & Associates Flavor Creators. It's still such a joy to be working there & I count myself very fortunate to have landed here. It is a rare thing these days to find work that one actually enjoys doing for a living. There are challenges still as with anything in this life but that only adds to the enjoyment IMO. Living in the North Atlanta area has been much better than I could have hoped for. I could do without the heavy traffic at times but overall, I'm very pleased.
It's traffic that brings me into the bad news section. Back on Easter Sunday while returning from my folk's place, I was rear-ended hard by a little Nissan Altima. My CMax faired very well considering the violence of the impact. It has since been repaired, at the other driver's insurance company's expense. I on the other hand have been dealing with a bad lower back/left hip as what has been deemed thus far as an indirect result of the accident. Something that didnt fully manifest itself till almost a full 2 weeks later. I'm slowly getting on the mend but early July is coming up too quick so I've made the tough decision not to travel to Pittsburgh for AC this year. I hate that it comes to this but I need to focus on getting better. That's priority #1. There'll always be future cons. This has come as a disappointment to some & I hate that & am very sorry. Understand though that I would not be able to fully enjoy the trip with continuing back problems & concerns looming over just how much in the end I may be set back financially by all this. That's all being worked out right now & it'll be a long process perhaps.
So those are the bullet points of the ups & downs of 2017 thus far. Overall though as I said, I still feel so blessed to be where I am now & am happy to state I can make the best of all situations. Be they good or bad.
Sux about the accident, but wow...two weeks for it to manifest, weird. Hope you feel better soon. Maybe you could hit MFF instead of AC? ^ ^;;
Take care!
Still sad that you won't be at AC though. It's been WAY too long since I saw you last. Get better soon!