Some of my faithful readers may be wondering why the silence in the past couple months. Others may already know. And others still yet, may not have noticed, or may not care. In either case, I feel an overview of the past couple months is in order.
It was Fathers Day, and I was in the blossoming community of Derby having a nice Thai dinner with a lovely English girl who we’ll call.. Mike. No no.. better yet, Apu. An alarm on my phone rings, reminding me that I was supposed to call home to wish my father happy days. Apu mentions that she also should ring her dad. We do so simultaneously, agreeing to only be but a minute. It was on this phone call that I found out that my parents had decided to separate (and no it wasn’t because I was late calling). (more…)