Disjointed

It’s been an interesting couple of weeks for the Ol’ Tugboat. I’ve been on the road for some of them, I’ve been working on a equipment for a couple of days. Overall I’ve found that I have more time than I usually do in the winter months. I think maybe that I just have more time than I did a year ago. Last winter I was on a Western based planning schedule, this year we swung it back to how it used to be. We cobbled together our workplan much faster and much more efficiently than in the past. We tried to ax and hack out things of lower priority. Being bought by a new company means we’ll have to do their bidding and my team had to make room for such bidding. I think we’re going to be very busy still but we’ll also be able to survive. The real change for me is having time to love again. I’m finally able to pursue things that interest me again. I’ve got my Crave, my RDR2, my books and my website to take up my time if I elect. I’ve also been spending more time with people. I’m hoping to rekindle a few forgotten friendships. To regain some of what I’ve lost in personal sacrifice to my work. I’ve put on blinders and given up more than I realized in recent years and this acquisition scenario has opened my eyes. Maybe it closed my eyes, either way, eye stuff is happening that helped me realize that this job can’t be my whole thing. I’m missing stuff, some of which I want. It’s a change that makes me pause and consider. Maybe it’s just that I have time to actually pause for once. Maybe I’ll figure it out.