We All Need the Occasional Break

I spend a lot of my life around hockey.

My day job is in hockey, my portfolio-building media work is primarily in hockey, I volunteer with special hockey (although not nearly as often as I'd like), and I periodically bemoan the fact that I need to start working games as an on-ice official more regularly.  You could say I don't get out much.

As a result, I try to make a point of doing *something* non-hockey every once in a while to give my mind a break.  Well, I intend to.  It doesn't always happen as often as I'd like.  But after Friday night's game, I stopped at the theater next to Verizon Center and saw The Hunger Games.  I don't expect the film will win an Oscar, but it was definitely worth my $12 for the mental vacation.

Attempting to Catch Up On Life (AHL, ECHL, Personal)

Every so often, I start losing time in my life.  It drives me nuts.

Drop a week here, skip a day there - it always adds up faster than it should.  It's something I've struggled with since my second & third concussions, and it gets worse when I work a 7-day schedule.  Then, the days really blur together.  14 days without a breather of any kind didn't do great things to my sanity, I'll admit that.  A lot has gone on in the 6 weeks since I've poked my head out of the sand here on RTC, and most of it has been good.

I'm well aware that I've missed my shot at going into detail regarding many of the events in the recent period, so instead I'll sum things up below the jump.  Contemporary thoughts will be forthcoming separately.