When it’s hard to come up with anything to write about, you know that it’s been kind of a wasted week. Not that I didn’t have more of the same good quality time with my family, but it was short on new adventures.  Admittedly, I’ve gotten a bit complacent. The sabbatical was meant to help break out of the status quo, not fall into another one. I will redouble my efforts to do more fun stuff…

On the positive side, I’ve used this free time recently to reach out to various old friends with whom I haven’t connected in some time.  “Busy with work” had become my justification for having lived an increasingly less social life.  Reminiscing about the good old days with these folks has been a good reminder of the many hilarious, adventurous, and dumb yet entertaining things we used to do, and should continue doing…

As an aside, one disconcerting thing that I have noticed as a result of being at home is that rarely a day goes by that an on-line purchase delivery doesn’t arrive at my front door.  I have become quite well acquainted with the UPS delivery guy.  My wife has owned up to most of the purchases, but I’ve also become drunk with the power of free next day delivery that my new Amazon Prime account brings.  It was my oldest son’s 15th birthday this past week, and based on his pile of presents he was certainly the beneficiary of this accelerated global supply chain.