Brian, I have been doing very, very well. Yes, the planning of our new wildlife center has taken up much of my time. I have also been leading a group of junior high students on a field herpetology trip to an island in the middle of Lake Michigan for the past two weeks (and yes, it is LOADED with herps)....to me, this is the best part of my job; providing life changing experiences for young kids and who knows, maybe a few future herpetologists in the making. My own field research (eastern massasaugas and eastern indigos) has kept me busy as well as my own breeding projects (just had a batch of eastern indigos hatch). That, along with maintaining our collection, doing many outreach educational programs, teaching college classes, and spending quality time with my family pretty much takes up all of the time that I have. I don't know if I will ever be able to get back here on a daily basis but hopefully I can check in every now and then....I do miss visiting the forum every day a bit.

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