Ok yea I've been slacking, I will go into time-out later. So, this year I chose to stay in Dallas for Christmas because I have 2 dogs and one of which I thought was gonna have puppies. Saying that I was not in the Christmas spirit was quite obvious since my tree and all the trimmings stayed in the attic for yet another year. I took some days off and had a decadently lazy ten days all to myself.
The dog isn't prego thank god... She looked the part and got extra bitchy, I dunno what happened. She has been loosing weight lately and is still bitchy... so she is going to visit the vet next week.
I also met someone recently in the oddest of places... well a place where you wouldn't expect to find a nice man to take to meet mom. (not that my mom would appreciate that gesture what-so-ever). Our June-December arrangement doesn't bother me at all since I rarely even think about the difference in our ages. It bothers my son more than I think is appropriate, but oh well I'm gonna say that it doesn't matter. I truly enjoy his company... I like the way he can be on a soapbox going on about something that he is passionate about one minute then be a big ol' dork the next.
After just over a month we seem to have plenty in common. Then on the other hand we have differences that drive me crazy!
-He is a picky eater, while I will eat anything so long as it doesn't try to eat me first!
-He is religious... not that it drives me crazy its just after my upbringing I cant say that I have many kind things to say on the subject.
-He is a better writer than me (dammit! LOL) and he sends me poetry all day to my phone or yahooIM.
-Gotta give up porn (grumble). This isn't really a bad thing, I just hate being told NO.
-Finally the big one that really concerns me is that he seems to be showing signs of being a "care taker". Givers are helpful on many levels... "Takers" do exactly as it reads... They take over or take away, just like a helicopter mom that does everything and won't let the child learn, a care taker takes away any learning or training opportunity not out of malice but rather out of love or kindness wanting to 'help'. Yes maybe they have been there done that and can do it better... but sometimes going thru the motions, success or failure... good or bad, is a necessary thing.
All that being said, I am happier than I have been in a long time. I just realize that I have to unlearn the whole hermit thing and share again and communicate.
On the project front, the "project bike" (one the neighbor kid threw out for the garbage man) was a mild success... I finished it within budget however the bike itself was too small for me and all scratched up and just plain ugly. It was sort of a dry run... the real bike I wanted to build is a little more sophisticated. Its a larger frame from Nashbar.com. Their Aluminum touring bike. I went a tad over budget with this one. I had planed to use parts from the project bike and the mountain bike that this one is to replace... but with all well laid plans this too fell victim to Murphy's Law. The one part that sent me over budget was the fork set... the only decent shock fork I could find in the size I needed was $100. Ouch!
The only part I have left to find and install are the Gear hand controls. This one has old-school down tube braze on mounts, (Does anyone remember the Schwinn Sport Tourer?) which seem to be long out of style and hard to find. Hope to have it finished very soon!
The dog isn't prego thank god... She looked the part and got extra bitchy, I dunno what happened. She has been loosing weight lately and is still bitchy... so she is going to visit the vet next week.
I also met someone recently in the oddest of places... well a place where you wouldn't expect to find a nice man to take to meet mom. (not that my mom would appreciate that gesture what-so-ever). Our June-December arrangement doesn't bother me at all since I rarely even think about the difference in our ages. It bothers my son more than I think is appropriate, but oh well I'm gonna say that it doesn't matter. I truly enjoy his company... I like the way he can be on a soapbox going on about something that he is passionate about one minute then be a big ol' dork the next.
After just over a month we seem to have plenty in common. Then on the other hand we have differences that drive me crazy!
-He is a picky eater, while I will eat anything so long as it doesn't try to eat me first!
-He is religious... not that it drives me crazy its just after my upbringing I cant say that I have many kind things to say on the subject.
-He is a better writer than me (dammit! LOL) and he sends me poetry all day to my phone or yahooIM.
-Gotta give up porn (grumble). This isn't really a bad thing, I just hate being told NO.
-Finally the big one that really concerns me is that he seems to be showing signs of being a "care taker". Givers are helpful on many levels... "Takers" do exactly as it reads... They take over or take away, just like a helicopter mom that does everything and won't let the child learn, a care taker takes away any learning or training opportunity not out of malice but rather out of love or kindness wanting to 'help'. Yes maybe they have been there done that and can do it better... but sometimes going thru the motions, success or failure... good or bad, is a necessary thing.
All that being said, I am happier than I have been in a long time. I just realize that I have to unlearn the whole hermit thing and share again and communicate.
The only part I have left to find and install are the Gear hand controls. This one has old-school down tube braze on mounts, (Does anyone remember the Schwinn Sport Tourer?) which seem to be long out of style and hard to find. Hope to have it finished very soon!
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