I'm back. And as irrelevant as ever...

Echambers
Echambers Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,335
First let me start with an apology. Life, as we all know, sometimes gets in the way of our living. For the last month I have been away from home about as much as I have been home and a "normal" work week has been around sixty hours (and have it mentioned I'm finishing my Ph.D?). Oh yea, and I'm getting married and have three kids...

This is not an excuse but an explanation. For what? Let me "explinate" (yea, I know I made up that word but it does make sense and besides it is cool).

Winning the lottery came at both the best time and the worst time. The best because if ever there was a month I need a little lift this was it. Worse because I felt like I didn't really have the time to properly thank each of you. So many of you truly went above and beyond with your packages, sending me plenty of my favorites including quite a few that will really become special occasion smokes for me. I also got plenty of swag including the ugliest beer stein I have ever seen (and I LOVE it!!!). Someone even shared their swag and cigars they collected at cigarfest. Others took the time to tell me why they sent the sticks they did. I am still a bit shell shocked from the whole experience. Seriously.

And then, of course, it was my birthday this month. Several of the lotto plays added extra sticks for my birthday (thank you!) and several others sent me special birthday packages. I know a lot of you have smoked plenty of opus x but now I will get to also thanks to a particularly generous chuck n -- who actually sent me two. Then there is my birthday pass/bomb: a bottle of knob hill, a killer ashtray, and an amazing selections of smokes curtesy the Hilk.

All of this is much more than I deserve.

For better or worse, work is starting to slow down for me for a while and this is the first time in a month I haven't brought my computer home with. So I hope I can contribute a little but more and a little bit better on this forum. I certainly have lots of positive role models.

Blessings to you all.

Comments

  • Jetmech_63
    Jetmech_63 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,384
    Enrique! Good to see your doing good homeslice! Kinda the same for me, i used to be a semi-permanent fixture on Vherf and have ben on like twice since the kiddo was born. Glad youre still around bro!
  • FireRob
    FireRob Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 1,884
    Such is life, we still love ya!

    I actually didn't even notice you were "not here" :-)

    Just kidding man
  • Bob Luken
    Bob Luken Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,664
    Thanks for the update. It's good to hear from you. Life gets very busy. Congrats on all that stuff other than the lottery. As for the lottery, You knew what you were getting into. LOL That's why I don't play that thing.
  • Darktower007
    Darktower007 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,122
    Congratulations on the PhD work! Maybe you'll win the next lottery and really be screwed then!! Lol
  • webmost
    webmost Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 3,131
    What's the doctorate in?
  • Echambers
    Echambers Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,335
    webmost:
    What's the doctorate in?
    Educational psychology.
  • Tyland64
    Tyland64 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 714
    I am glad thing are slowing down and you can take a breath. Congrats on the PHD and we do understand that you found other Brothers and we are no longer good enough. Nah just kidding, it's all good.
  • rsherman24
    rsherman24 Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,711
    Didn't they ever teach you not to V-Herf and drive at the same time? Good to have you back
  • Stubble
    Stubble Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 1,305
    Dr. Chambers......has a nice ring to it!!!
  • Echambers
    Echambers Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 2,335
    Stubble:
    Dr. Chambers......has a nice ring to it!!!
    No Dr yet. Still need to finish my damn dissertation.
  • Stubble
    Stubble Everyone, Registered Users Posts: 1,305
    Echambers:
    Stubble:
    Dr. Chambers......has a nice ring to it!!!
    No Dr yet. Still need to finish my damn dissertation.
    How does that make you feel? Would you like to talk to me about that?