Not back from the wildnerness yet .....

[HokieUmp]

But I can see the lights from here.

 

After about a four month period of "am I staying or am I going?" - which is far too long to tell here - I finally ended on "leaving."  The best part is, I was able to get an assignment back at my old office in Virginia, so I'll be able to re-join my old association, assuming they'll have me.

 

After averaging like 80 games a year or more, I've spent the period of August 2011 to now having worked all of maybe 30-40 games, and that's probably including the softball I did in 2012, just to occupy my time.  So I'm sure I'm rusty.  And I KNOW I'm fatter.  So it goes.

 

But over the last eight months or so, it was hard to even come here to read, since I no longer felt like an umpire.  Still don't - in the sense that I've worked all of six games this year - but now that I know that my exile is nearly complete, I started 'feeling it' again.  Lurked for a few days to catch up as best I could.

 

So, you may see me posting again at some point, although I never had a high-rate-of-posting.  I just figured I drop a note to say hi.

 

 

 

So....... Hi.

 

[Stan W.]

In my view you never left.......but welcome back anyway........its good to have you back

[tjwoelfel13]

Welcome Back. 

[Umpire in Chief]

Al right. I'll get you filled in.

[Ump29]

Welcome !