Big Jim Donovan!

It’s taken a pretty long time for me to get back here and say something about something, mostly because it’s taken me a pretty long time to feel like it. I guess it took a while to get used to the idea that the thing I had loved doing the most–being on the air–was not happening, and maybe not happening ever again. That’s a tough one to try and overcome, but I think I’m there. Which is pretty ironic, since the “not happening ever again” part turns out to not be true.

The fact is that I will be returning to 93Q very soon–maybe as soon as Sunday, if the corporate powers-that-be can sign off on the necessary paperwork to make me an employee again. I’ll be back part-time only, working Sundays from 10AM-3PM, but it’s a start and it sounds pretty good to me. I’ll probably do some vacation fill-in work as well, so I will hopefully have a little more active summer than I imagined.

Whether this part-time start leads to more, I don’t know and can’t waste time worrying about it. The lesson I’ve learned from what’s happened to me the last few months is that NOTHING lasts forever, so make the most of what you are doing right now. For me, that’s been focusing on my health after a very successful gastric bypass surgery. Here’s a little illustration for you (these pictures and captions will make more sense if you click on the post link at the top and view it full-screen):

Here I am from last summer...Balloonfest 2008...left to right: Rick Roberts from 93Q, artist Matt Kearney, me, and Tom Mitchell from 93Q...

Here I am at Friday's 93Q Summer Jam On The Island...from left: 93Q's Joshua, Mike Cauchon, me, Ted Long, Rick Roberts, Brandon C, Tom Mitchell, and Amy Robbins

The “after” picture is from farther away, but I think you can still see the difference. Getting to “after” has been much of what my life’s been about since my surgery December 1, and I am OK with that. Going forward, it will have to be as big a part of my life as I can make it, so the new stuff–working Sundays included–will have to fit in accordingly. I’m pretty excited to see how it will all work.

I’ll keep you posted–literally and figuratively–right here as to what’s happening. This blog will very likely develop into more of what I’m doing on the air and what’s happening with my life. I will also be launching a fan page on Facebook just as soon as my start date on-air is confirmed. I’ll be sure to post the link here and look forward to you finding it. It was time to return, and I guarantee that it won’t take 6 months for me to have something more to say.

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