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This is Buddy.  He's a mix of black lab and australian shepherd.  Gotta wonder about him sometimes.  Hind end on one step and front half on upper step, perfectly content while enjoying a soup bone.  He loves to chase that white tipped tail.  The picture was taken about a year ago.  Buddy is a little over 2 years old now, and 75 pounds.

This week I've started taking a new medicine that is supposed to help with depression and ADHD.  Will take at least a week for the medicine to take full effect, so the jury is still out.  

Last week I attended a new TBI support group meeting.  Has been many years since I've been to one (about 12 years, I think).  After the facilitator started I found this group is mostly for those with injuries within the past 10 years (mine was 37 years ago as of this April 18th).  Stuck out the meeting and found I was able to contribute some to an individual who is trying to help his sister, who suffered a TBI.  Just a couple days ago I received a sort of welcome packet from the Washington TBI Resource Manager (the facilitator of the support group meeting) that contains a lot of very good and useful information.  Most of it I am familiar with but was some new material as well.  

A year ago, this past March 31st (2017) I accepted an early retirement offer from my employer, one that included a generous severance package.  Had worked for the  company for 23 1/2 years.  Since that time, a year now, I've been looking for work.  Sort of the next chapter of my life, as far as work is concerned.  The search has been a bit more difficult than I had thought it would.  I'm also trying to be very particular and trying to find a job that will be a good fit for me.  Have engaged help from Vocational Rehabilitation, for the first time in my life, and they've hired a job search company for me to assist in finding the right job.  Met with them yesterday and have a couple of possibilities to look into.  A third potential candidate is working with the TSA.  I've applied to the TSA and tomorrow will take the CBT test they require.  Finding I'm a bit anxious about the CBT and hoping I can do well.  

The weather here in the Pacific Northwest continues to be rainy and mildly cold,s o haven't been able to talk myself in going fishing.  The last 3 or 4 trips have been less than fruitful, but that's the chance one takes when bank fishing.  I'm a huge fan of mountain stream fishing, and with my friend who lives in Boise.  With stream fishing you have a better chance of determining where the fish are, instead of waiting for them to find my bait.  It's also better exercise, walking/hiking up/down a stream all while fishing along the way.  Or, hiking in to a better part of the stream or river.