Sounds like you are looking at the grass over the fence.

It’s always greener than on this side

Life demands efforts. It’s not like downloading and pressing play.

Its interesting that you find it hard to seek out the lifestyle that you want when that lifestyle will actually require a lot more effort just to survive

Why is he carrying a shield with the American flag?

I don’t know. It’s an authorized profession over here, and prices are regulated by the government.

Just a small adjustment to his stiff neck issue that he picked up a few months ago

This hits hard…

I woke up early today (without an alarm) because I had to bring my dog to a chiropractor at noon.

So I had a cup of coffee and a pipe, watching the morning dew dry up

It’s one of 3 days off this week, and that’s only because I sacrificed one additional day off to fake an extra shift on Friday. It pays double though, because of union regulations, even though I’d have taken it for regular pay anyway.

The only difference is, that I don’t have friends to meet up with, mostly because I don’t want to, and that I’m not in a drinking mode yet, but sounds like I could pick that up at some point