Well after a year of not really doing much, the chess bug has really hit me again. The reasons I stopped before are pretty much gone, plus lichess has shown to be exactly what I was looking for, so I decided to start back with going over Everyone's Second Chess Book by Heisman and doing some medium-level tactics puzzles. Played my first game in over a year:
http://en.lichess.org/uQ19xgoiYB9G
Basic Ruy Lopez game - counting like an idiot left that d4 pawn there way longer than it should've been. It seemed like a decent, if not straightforward, game that I felt good throughout. 17. Qb3 seemed to open up a few tactical chances for me, but he just ended up blundering.
I'll be pushing through Alburt's Comprehensive Chess Course Vol. 2 and keeping up with continual tactics and periodic games. Chess is weird for me, as I almost prefer to learn about it then actually play it lol.