Ok, here's an update.
So the last time we saw our hero, he was dropping out of yet another graduate program, he was drinking too much & gaining a lot of weight, two very dear 20-year relationships had finally and utterly imploded, and he'd just been laid off from a really good job where he worked for the State of Oregon as a geologist (level 2).
He shed a lot of things & ideas and then blew on the coals of his adventurous spirit and is now....................................................................................
- living in the Bay Area again, after staying at a monastery for a while, winter camping, and much wandering about
- working for a disabled fella as his personal assistant (I get paid fairly well and don't work many hours)
- making a lot of ceramic stuff like teapots and bowls and am getting pretty good at it (I'll post some pictures soon)
- being very very social - asking people out on dates & 6 people have asked me out on dates in the last 2 weeks(!)
- saving money and have almost paid off my last credit card (finally those old medical bills will be paid off)
- going out to a lot of jazz and hip hop shows at small venues
- doing a lot of things that I always defer (learning about beekeeping, tai chi, spinning wool, playing piano etc)
-growing a lovely beard and going very bald
*****being & feeling quite happy*****
He shed a lot of things & ideas and then blew on the coals of his adventurous spirit and is now....................................................................................
- living in the Bay Area again, after staying at a monastery for a while, winter camping, and much wandering about
- working for a disabled fella as his personal assistant (I get paid fairly well and don't work many hours)
- making a lot of ceramic stuff like teapots and bowls and am getting pretty good at it (I'll post some pictures soon)
- being very very social - asking people out on dates & 6 people have asked me out on dates in the last 2 weeks(!)
- saving money and have almost paid off my last credit card (finally those old medical bills will be paid off)
- going out to a lot of jazz and hip hop shows at small venues
- doing a lot of things that I always defer (learning about beekeeping, tai chi, spinning wool, playing piano etc)
-growing a lovely beard and going very bald
*****being & feeling quite happy*****