Thanks for the watch!

2338513 What a mess, huh?
Well, hey, maybe everything will work out fine, just to shock and astound us all. <Wat is this I don't even.)

2338510 No, 2 year ago busted left fibula and split ankle AND torn tendon, 4 months later before I could painfully walk again. back in May this year started having pains in my ankle again, by end of month couldn't walk, x-rays showed no gap in my ankle joint anymore, CT bone scan confirmed my ankle has fused possible complication of the fracture and my type 1 diabetes. Permanent disability, inoperable due to my overly long healing problems again from the diabetes. safer to not operate than to do ankle replacement.
My old workplace is still a goer at this stage but am not sure how long it will be, I sorta became pivotal to keeping things running and more competition from big company's have come to town might shorten it's lifespan. Even spoke to the boss recently and I got the impression he was at a bit of a loss as what to do.

2338501 Ah, yet another unexpectedly-ended career. I'll assume the recession got you too.
The place where I worked for more than two decades... Everyone was laid-off, the building was sold, and the work is now being done far less well by a different company in a different city. The worst part is, most of the people I knew ended up scattered across the country, and I've had to move twice myself. Hard to hold onto friendships that way. Thank God (Not Al Gore) for the Internet.

2338386 The rock is probably not a bad analogy of the last decade of my abruptly ended work life, felt like a paper weight on my desk doing the special and/or urgent customer ordering in an auto pars shop. Boss did the overnight stock orders in the morning, I got hit all day with the frontal assault, when things weren't on time, look out. The stress of deadlines I don't want again!
Edit: Probably another reason I've held back trying to start a story in case ponies expect chapters on time?