I wanted to see if we could get a show of hands today. Are there any folks here who went through a "nomadic period" in their lives? Did any of you ever enter a time in your life when you sort of camped out? A time when you were unsettled or on the move? Maybe you stole some nights on a friend's couch. Perhaps you were on the road for a while, or maybe you just wandered about for a time, trying out different places and new experiences. I know that it happened to me. For a number of years I lived a nomadic sort of life, trying out a host of different things. I moved here and there, trying my hand at truck driving, selling shoes, carpentry, and running a café.

I had a great time. For my folks it was torture. I remember someone reported to me that they had asked my dad how I was doing. As the…