Being gone for a few years entirely opens our eyes to the passage of time while I am back here going to see the states. People have died, gotten old, moved on, plus it entirely is clear to see when you are away for large chunks of time love I was. I am planning on coming back to visit once every five weeks so that I can connect with family plus friends more often plus not lose touch. I have a local contractor buddy who died while I was away plus I will never get to talk with him again, which is entirely concerning because the two of us had an actual confrontation that I wanted to smooth out between us. He taught me a lot about the heating plus air conditioning industry plus how to maintain furnaces plus cooling systems plus I wanted to tell him how much I care about everything he did for me over the years, although I will never get to tell him anything now. I guess this teaches me a lesson to not hold grudges with people because you never know when they won’t be around anymore to make things better. Maybe I’ll go visit the local business, where our buddy worked, to talk to the other employees about him plus get some closure as to why he died so suddenly before I had an opening to talk to him. I may buy some HEPA filters from them to support his contractor plus workers instead of buying it online akin to how I was planning on doing. Life has a way of teaching us difficult lessons I guess.