It’s been years since I’ve seen Eric. Having noticed on Linedin that he was looking for work, I made lunch plans with him for today. We inevitably discussed the demise of our former common employer, and we talked about why I left. It’s interesting to compare leaving there, and leaving my last job, the only two jobs I’ve ever really quit.

I’ll never forget asking Eric to go out to his car to talk and me breaking down because of M. I joked with her a couple days ago, and I’m still measuring that.

I got a letter from my grandparents (fathers side) today. They’ve been doing some cutting on the old family farm, which is a woodlot now, and distributed the profit amongst the family. Meanwhile I’m looking at purchasing a woodlot myself, and I’ve been neck deep in reading zoning codes, forestry management books, and browsing real estate.

Eric and I talked about keeping busy. He had read the index to my website and commented on how much I’ve spread out and put myself out there since I moved here five years ago. It’s hard to remember that person that I was then. I realize I’ve been unknowingly talking a lot lately about finding new paths. Work is relatively interesting, but not really interesting, and more and more the challenges aren’t there. I’m not sure where that is going to take me, but I’m proud of the places it has so far.