Hi all. I wonder who out there still remembers ol' good Godfree. I have been gone from tribe for about a year. My life had been a roller coaster and I am now able to come back an find my ol' mates. Since the last time I had posted I was going through some tough times. Along with depression that was brought on my the death of my mother two years ago, my health had been steadily going down hill. I was smoking like a chimney, gaining weight, and all around not participating in anything other than sitting on the couch. Then I got a wake up call from my Doctor. I was at that time tipping the scales at 240 lbs and being all of 5'8". The doctor said that I had very high blood pressure and that I was now and for ever more diabetic. At that point I put my foot down and what ever else I was eating at that time. The reason why I went to the doctor in the first place was because I started to exercise to loose some weight but shortly after starting I found that I was loosing my eye sight and was unbelievably thirsty. I knew I was in trouble. That was in the beginning of this past June.

It is now two months later. I have lost, through exercise and proper diet, 35 pounds. I hope by next week I will be below 200 pounds for the first time in 10 years. I have gotten my sugar levels so under control that the doctor says that I might soon be able to stop taking my medicine to control my diabetes and that I have done such a good job getting back into shape that I now can go off of my blood pressure meds. Which I have been on for the past 4 years.

I am feeling much better and have new hope and drive to continuing my efforts. Starting today I am going back on the nicotine patch. I had been on it early last month but I was doing too much too fast that I was putting too much pressure on myself at one time. Now I feel I can control my smoking habit without pissing off and biting the heads off of my friends and family. My goal is to drop at least another 25 pounds down to, for me an unimaginable goal two months ago, 180 pounds.

My wife Erissa is also doing very very well. She has joined me on the diet an has drop an good amount of weight. How much I am not sure. But she is good finer every day.

My family and I will be at war next year. We are coming back for the 15th anniversary of the formation of the Blackskull Clan. Hopefully there will be a big camp turnout of most if not all the old member of camp along with there husbands, wives and children. I am already looking forward to seeing everyone. Especially D'ner, The Gypsies or the swamp, everyone at Pentwyvern, the Pirates on B block, and my mates over in Vlads'. I have tons of reading to catchup on so if I seem to be sporadic and out dated on my post please forgive me.