So last summer I had a significant change in my career. It was overwhelmingly positive, but it also was overwhelmingly….overwhelming.

Time became constrained. Thoughts turned to getting my head above water while simultaneously trying to wrap said head around all the new things I have to drive.

That along with still having two teenage sons at home, a wife, two dogs, and everything else meant that priorities had to shift.

Ham radio took a backseat.

How it is feeling like time to wake up again and get out of my radio slumber. I dusted off my radio and found that winter had not been kind to my vertical antenna out back, so I’ll spend part of this weekend figuring out what happened.

In the meanwhile I have started listening to Morse Code Ninja’s 25wpm practice files again to get my brain back to functional. It’s amazing what 8-9 months of not listening or using CW has done to my comprehension, but I was pleasantly surprised by how much is coming back.

Baby steps…..

Have you ever had to take a break from the hobby and if so, how did you get back into “fighting shape” again?