I know I’ve been "out of touch"…eh…not even sure what to say about that other than I’ve sort of been "In Hiding". I’m still doing my thing but I just haven’t been making that much noise on the blog. It’s taken me a little time to get caught up from my trip back to Michigan but I’m almost back to a form of "normal"-whatever normal is. I think I’ve come back home a changed person, in some ways. I feel like a lizard whose tail broke off…it’ll grow back just fine but it’ll take some time is all. I’m trying to focus on going back to what I like to do best… and I’ve been making some forward motion with music stuff. We had a pretty good rehearsal last night and I’m now looking at getting a date set to get back in the recording studio. Maybe in 3 weeks even. I’ve certainly got some material accumulating. Whether or not it’ll be well received, only time will tell. So… Sorry if I haven’t emailed or called back. Life’s just been a little depressing lately and I’m the type of person who vanishes until i can get things sorted out and filed away in my head. Off subject [yes, let's get off the subject]… I purchased a new car on Saturday. I wasn’t going to get a new vehicle but I got an offer I couldn’t refuse on my old truck. So I took the money from the sale of that and bought a Toyota Prius. I really wanted another Jeep but I decided to buy something "Practical". I was never really a fan of the shape of the Prius but there’s so many cool little whistles and bells on it that it’s really hard NOT to like[GPS, etc]… so far, it’s been a great little toy. With gas pushing $5 a gallon…getting close to 50 miles per gallon sounds pretty smart to me. I’m not out to save the Earth (I’m not trendy enough for that)… I just want to give as little money as possible to the oil companies and save money at the gas pump. So far it seems to be working out well.