My life changes...

As many of you are aware, I kind of disappeared for awhile there back in November of last year. Some of you know kind of what's going on, but I don't think many of you do. I feel that I owe many of you an apology, as we have grown close over the last few years and up and disappearing like that without an explanation is wrong. For that I truly apologize and I hope you can forgive me. However, now that I have the time and am in the place to do it, I'm going to explain myself to a degree now. The fact of the matter is, last year was a very bad year for me. Without getting into too many details (like who want's to air their dirty laundry right? lol), my love life got extremely complicated and the company I was running went into the toilet. Suffice it to say, all the problems I was going through came to ahead in October of last year and I wound up in a very dark place. In the end it was decided that it was best for me to come back home to Canada and get my life together. So with the help of my family, friends and others, I sat back and took stock of my life. The process is an on going process, but in the end after about three months of soul searching I am in a MUCH better place now and have never been happier in my life. While I decided to stay in the same career, I've decided to go back to my roots and become an insurance broker again, as opposed to running an insurance company. I didn't realize how much educating people (my clients) about insurance meant to me and now that I'm doing that again, it has been a wonderful feeling. I haven't enjoyed my job more than I do now. The most important thing in my life is my love life so to speak and I got that sorted out as well. I am so happy to announce my pending engagement to a wonderful woman who has been there for me for the last 2 years and without her in my life I know I wouldn't have made it. So this coming May I'm flying to Manila to wed the woman of my dreams and I'm so happy. I hope that immigration Canada won't give us too many hassles and she will be here with me by the end of the summer. I can't express how wonderful it is being with someone who not only understands you, but accepts you for who and what you are. So that's basically me in a nutshell. I want to thank you all for your patience with me over the last several months, I know that I have not been here for many of you, but I really needed to sort myself out before I continue down the path that I was traveling. I will not be coming on here with the regularity that I used to, as I don't want to let the internet dominate my life like it once did (that was also part of the problem lol). Saying that, I also do not want to loose the friends I've made here, as you are all very special to me as well even though I may not have shown it lately. I'm just going to be balancing my time online is all, so instead of spending hours here a day, it might be a few minutes here and there, with the odd time spending hours in the chat room. Take care everybody and we'll see you online! :) Swifty