Hey everyone. So I don't know when the last time I checked in/logged in but it's been a while, but I'm back. Jeez, I'm so sick of saying that. I feel like a broken record. The last time I took a break from MFP, it was a year or so until I returned. Back then, I wasn't using the community aspect of MFP, so returning just sort of felt like opening up a notebook to record something---there wasn't that emotional element involved that there is now. Now, I have friends on here and I was active in groups, so returning is something quite different. Returning now, it's kind of a somber event. So many of my friends and group members have done so well. I know that this is my own, independent journey and that I can't replicate someone's success, but I it almost feels like high school, you know, like I started that old chapter with those people and now I fell so behind the curve. They were the diligent eggheads and I was the slacker hanging out behing the bleachers. I don't begrudge anyone any success, but I can't help but be a little envious. And I can't help but think where I would've been now if I'd stuck with it. I guess it goes to show that if you stick with it then it'll work eventually.