Rambling recap.

Wow.  Time flies.  It has been five years since my last post.

Much has happened during that period; I watched a friend destroy himself, his family and business due to drug use, I formed a company to operate a fleet of trucks, became an agent for the company the trucks were leased to, hired and fired employees and contractors, made mistakes such as trying to grow too fast, and "inorganically," leveraged with debt only to watch things go horribly wrong.  Relationships soured, business failed, bankruptcy ensued.

2014 was a transitional year.  Back to being a contractor, a lease operator, learning to manage stress and rebuild my life.  July 2014, I entered into a relationship with a company that I admired, and was rewarded with the best employment situation I've ever experienced.

Early 2015, realizing that I'd turn 50 in another year, I decided I should, -no, I must pursue happiness and good health, and I returned to a life long passion, cycling.  Trucking is sedentary, and weight gain and atrophied muscles are common.  My "innie" belly button had become a self embarrassing deeper innie.  So I found a good deal on a older titanium framed road bike and decided to fulfill another dream from my youth, licensed bicycle racing.

While in the Marine Corps in the early '90's, I had raced in Bowie MD and Montgomery County, and had placed well, 1st through 10th.  But never licensed, or maybe one day licenses, I don't recall.  Anyway, I thought I'd have no problems getting back into it.  I couldn't have been more mistaken.  My first race I was dropped from the main group, eventually lapped twice, and finished 58th or so, out of 60 something racers.  Eyes opened!

This led to the realization that, unlike my twenties, I'd need to actually train, not just ride around for fun!  Well eventually, this desire to train, to get fit, created conflict and stress with my bills paying occupation.  I acted on a bad decision which led to the cancellation of my contract, losing the best job I ever had.  But this is a story for another time.