And Suddenly It Came to Life...

Wow! I have been calling out the clowns (read: my best friends in the world) that share this blog with me for months now about not posting. It was soon to be the G and Me site if they didn't step up. Much to my pleasure, the blog is abuzz with new activity. I heart it. You know, maybe we should try to distribute this thing or something so other people read it...

Anyway, the last few posts have been alternately funny, dismal, cathartic, calming, reassuring, and surreal (glad to see Santa letters still). There's no way I can top the wittiness of GF or assuage the emotional turmoil with Pauly. Z, who never posts on here is having a rough patch and Ant'ny misses us here at home while he chases fortune and glory (at least there is great live music at the same place). As for me, while my posts are random at best, boring at worst and somewhat academic in the middle, I have been strangely content lately.

See, wife and I are on better terms. We go through down periods a lot...kind of like Ireland, we even call them "the Troubles" like they do over there. But we are on an upswing. My kid is amazing and I love him more every day. That makes Pauly's post hit even closer to home. Despite the deaths in my family and not making as much money as I used to (or would like to, but who does), I have reached some stasis in my life.

I like my job. I enjoy coming in every day and I really like the people I work with. I like what we do as an organization and I really like what I do for them. How many people can say that?

But, you know what? There is nothing in my life that compares to the 4 guys I share this blog with (I mean, with the obvious exception of my family). Actually, we are like family but in a better way. We rarely annoy each other (at least not too much) and we almost always would like to spend time together, because we are fun. I don't live near any of my family, but I never feel that way. Someone to watch the dog, check. Someone to watch the baby, check. Someone to take the family in during a storm while I am away, check. Pick up at the airport, got ya. Borrow some money, if we have it. Seriously, despite what each of us has going on in our own domes right now...it's the season to thankful and I am thankful for this motley band of merry men I call my best friends.

Now, each of you can kiss my ass (just so you don't think I am too mushy).