I never intended blogging to be a regular scheduled thing. I established this as an outlet for those occasional bursts of creative energy, which I do have from time to time (such as 5 a.m., right now).
But I did plan to re-launch a blog on March 10. However, sometimes circumstances and time get away from you. Besides, I was working a second job at the time, and essentially getting sleep, any sleep, became the priority.
Besides, I've never been so vain as to think people existed for my writing. I'll reserve that for the syndicated columnists of the world.
But now here I go again (another problem with waking up at this hour: You get Whitesnake stuck in your head).
Fascinating thing about that second job, I didn't mind it. The hours were terrible, but it wasn't so bad that I dreaded getting up every morning. And believe me, it was even earlier than this.
Working that part-time job for a major retailer (yes, you've heard of it, and no, it's NOT that one) is an eye-opener. It is a window into the national conscience, too. You see what people are buying, how they are buying it, and what can be done so they can buy it.
And the people I worked with were first-rate. My department head was awesome and incredibly patient. I also loved my co-workers in my department. My one quibble was that there was no employee discount, but what can you do?
But it is a grind. After 10 months of getting up at what is termed in military time "oh-dark-hundred," and with my wife and I facing more hours at our full-time employment, something had to give.
So here we are, a little poorer, but that isn't the point. In fact, this post really had no point except to get me back to writing here.
Thanks for joining me on the stream of consciousness. I'll be back with more witty banter about sports and politics, but until then, take it easy.
-JDE2
