arontius | Mulling On The Day.

.....It was an interesting day at work. The Big Boss was on leave and the mid-level boss had a family emergency. I spent most of the day scrambling to get everything ready for my being absent for almost a week.

.....Tuesday morning started with a jolt. A good friend of mine at work had Gastric Bypass surgery over a year ago now. Today there was an announcement that this person was going to be away from work for several weeks. My first thought was that there was some immediate medical crisis. I found out later in the morning that this person was in therapy.

.....During the preparations for the Gastric Bypass, I was warned about a phenomenon known as 'addiction transfer' that is apparently somewhat common amongst Gastric Bypass recipients. When the underlying cause for being overweight is not addressed (i.e. depression, lonliness, etc.), what happens is that when food can no longer be the release on the problem, that food addiction is transferred to another, substitute addiction, like gambling, alcoholism, etc.

.....This person transferred the addiction to food to an addiction to alcohol that has been getting worse over the past six months, to the point where they needed to deal with it forcefully. It was rather sad, but I was glad this person was dealing with it rather than letting the problem destroy them.

.....I am thankful that I seem to have escaped that particular issue. But I think I lucked out in that I think I became involved with TBT at exactly the right time. I didn't have the opportunity to transfer an addiction as I turned my entire life inside out. TBT may have saved my life without ever even realizing it.

.....June Faire once again though is ruining my life. :-) The above issue opened up an opportunity to escape my current Big Boss and move to something new with a group of people I would have fun working. Unfortunately, I'll be gone for the next week and they'll probably have hired someone else before I get back. Sigh!

.....Received word later in the day that a good person is dealing with a tough disease they thought they had escaped earlier. This person is a very good person who does not deserve this issue. I repeatedly said that I was there to do anything they needed. But felt incredibly useless at that moment. Need to find some way to be available without being smothering. Not an easy task. Guess I'll have to work on it.

.....The things your life arranges for you to experience are always surprising to behold. What a lesson in learning how to live in the moment instead of worrying about things of which you would never expect.

.....Living in the moment is the only way to go. Wish I knew how to do that better. :-)

.....Make sure you all visit us at June Faire this weekend!

.....Aaron / Arontius.