i'm feeling much better. i'll be working 36-38 hours this week, and that's already such an improvement, compared to last week's 50. i'm starting to feel much more relaxed, now that i have more time for other things and i'm not so tired and stressed out anymore.

i used to check my friends page at least once a day, not every three days (and going back hundreds of posts in an attempt to catch up). i won't pretend i have read every single entry, but i don't think i've missed all that much. or have i?

okay, this may not be as nice as commenting on individual posts, but i'm not going to look up all of them again.. instead, here is one big

CONGRATULATIONS!

for getting the new job, becoming a united states citizen, being an uncle now, and all those of you earning privs the last three weeks..

& i know, i should start touching the board again myself..