Updates on Life

Sooooo... it's been a while since my last update -- just want to say well -- MY FAMILY IS WITH ME NOW~!! It's been 3 years ... and now I'm reunited with my wife and two lovely boys. Ok, clever boys... but they'll always be my babies How quick they grow... 

... so while I figure out how to pull myself together and live in the present and forget about the years I've lost... so far things are going ok. We have a house. Like -- a house. Sometimes I just need to let that soak in a bit. Sometimes life goes by so quickly we don't realise what we have and how good we have it. Sometimes I feel like my head is still in a cloud and one day it'll all be gone. I need to start living in the moment.

Alas things are not so simple. I am still the sole provider -- and even more so now. With both our main families thousands of miles away -- we are on our own. This is MY family now, and as head hunter-gatherer it's my duty to bring in the kill and defend the cave.

I've been promoted at work too. Yay. So what's with the glum face? Well... I _was_ earning more with my last position, but I _do_ realise that this is the way "up" in the ranks. Still, there's always going back, but if pull through this I'll be better off in the end. 

But wow. Life is moving quick, and I feel that I'm not spending the time I should with my kids. They're here. With me... I just feel I need to be more of a dad and less of their favourite gamer. For a guy who used to be a teacher for eight years I kind of suck when it comes to rearing my own kids. The irony. 

Anyhoo... Just wanted to say that I'm still alive. And there are plenty trials ahead. Gotta tackle them one at a time.