Last post 2009??? Holey crap

So I dropped in and I realize it's been over two years since I wrote anything here. Man.. Try to go backwards. Just lost my Mom to, well, it was probably renal failure.
I'm finishing up with a placement for a company that I almost moved to Vermont to work for. I've had a stint with underemployment. (They Suck ... Period) Worked for this place for last fall; in the shop doing reconditioning. Spent last summer on the Road doing installations with this same company... Lost my best buddy Louie, summer of 2009 . Got a new buddy about 5-6 months later. Actually , Found him Lost him to another family and then got him from them three months later. Dog wise I am very happy.
Not sure where I am going next.
How many things can a 58 year old guy with two mangled fingers do these days ??? I am going to try to figure out how to get a month or two of reflection... And perhaps jot down some things. Try to get some music time in. Amazingly losing the tip of my left index and the side of my right thumb hasn't made me a worse bass player. Didn't do wonders for my crappy regular guitar playing. But I discovered that I have a lap-steel gene... and I'm trying to develop that.
Couple buddies want to come play in my machine shop. Company would be nice.