am I just an eternal pessimist?

[Jamesjohn]

just confused I guess...wishing things were more like they were when h first started to come around...

Things really did seem to be great then, didn't they?

What were your favorite parts of what was going on back then? What do you think that you were doing differently at that time that may have helped to create it?

He seems to have fallen back into some old patterns from before. Have you fallen back into any old ones? How do you think that he would answer this?

I don't have any specific things in mind, LL, just throwing out some food for thought here.