Hiatus is Over

I've officially taken a month off from blogging - my first real hiatus since I started this in 2002. But now more than ever I need my outrage.com.

Lots has happened in the last 30 days. I was laid off from the start up, was hired back by my previous employer, put my house up for sale, started looking for a new place to live, started the long commute from Long Island to Stamford, CT, witnessed the aftermath of a tomahawk missile that "fell off the truck" in the Bronx (only in New York, kids) and started the countdown to the 2nd anniversary of Kevin's death. Two years ago today it all started and life has been one big roller coaster since.

I've thought about the blog but there was always some distraction. I've worried that maybe I'm just not as outraged as I used to be. But that isn't it. I had made outrage a habit and the habit was sort of broken when Kevin died. But I think I can thank his brother in Maryland for helping me rediscover my outrage gene. Can't blog about the details until it's resolved (legally anyway - morally the guy's a goner) but needless to say he's insisting I give him money that is rightfully Kevin's.

It's not a huge sum (about $1,000) but I'm not sure there's anything lower than stealing from a widow. Is there? And I'm not sure he's aware that for a long time my outrage (or is it rage?) has been scattered - the health care system, the hospital, doctors, nurses, God, Kevin - and now I have a single point of focus for my rage. Lucky him.