Well, THAT didn’t work out so well . . .

In my last post, published on February 8, I wrote that although I had been sick, “I seem to be on the mend, so I’m hoping to be posting again soon here at H-Bomb’s Worldwide Karaoke.”  That was over three and a half months ago.  Naturally, after I dispatched those words of optimism into the blogosphere, my health problems proceeded to get much worse.  I won’t go into the details here, because this isn’t that kind of blog; but suffice it to say that I have been very uncomfortable at times.  I’ve been lucky that — so far — I haven’t been hospitalized or had to undergo surgery, although I’ve made innumerable doctor’s visits. In that respect, I’ve been lucky; one of the revelations for me of the past few months is that, at any given time, an awful lot of people are in various states of physical suffering.

I want you to know that I’m not one of those people who starts a blog and then stops writing due to a loss of interest — and that I had a good reason for my temporary withdrawal from posting on this site. I was debilitated. Indeed, as a result of my condition and its effect on my life, nearly three months passed without an H-Bomb karaoke appearance anywhere — not even in my home city of New York.  As you know, such a lengthy drought is very unusual for me; during the past ten years or so before these recent events, I normally sang at least one night per week.  Not surprisingly, my international travel has also been on indefinite hiatus; my trip to Egypt that was supposed to happen in February 2012 was postponed to September, and my long weekend in Istanbul that had been scheduled for this weekend was put off to New Year’s weekend 2013.  So the World Karaoke Tour — the impetus for this blog, and the defining mission for my life — was placed on hold, and there were times when I doubted whether I would even sing again, let alone travel.  I also missed significant time at work, although I’m back to working full-time now.

I’m not fully recovered yet, and there’s still no timetable for my return to perfect health.  In the meantime, on the home front, I’ve slowly begun an attempted karaoke comeback.  In early April, at my regular venue in Manhattan, I sang for the first time since late January.  Such appearances have continued on a weekly basis, although I’m still not staying out very late at night, and, as per doctor’s orders, I’m avoiding alcohol.

And it’s about time I got back to blogging!  The medical professionals tell me that getting back to doing the things that I love will give me the best chance of pushing my body to recover physically.  H-Bomb’s Worldwide Karaoke, and my passions that provide the subject matter for this blog (karaoke and travel), are high on the list of things that bring me joy.  So here I am again — finally.  I hope that this time I’ll be able to keep up the posting. To my followers:  I thank you for sticking around and not giving up on me.  Let’s have some fun again!  And I very much hope that my World Karaoke Tour will soon resume, and that you’ll be able to keep track of it right here — just like before. My next substantive blog post will appear in the next few days, as I continue to recapitulate my travels to date — and to look forward to more adventures around the globe. I have every intention of experiencing my next adventures in Egypt this September. I cannot state with certainty that I will feel up to making that journey, but I have a strong desire to follow through with it. To that end, the Vacation Countdown on this site has finally been updated.

Happy singing,
H-Bomb