Yeah, I think that's how the saying goes. Me, I dunno if 'a good time' is what I'm having these days, but we can go with that. Life seems to continually surprise me with stuff that I thought was both long ago and over with. Still, the bike, she sits there. And she's lonely.
My girl.
So I gotta get back to her soon. The weather out here in Arizona has taken a turn for the cold, but that's merely a 'for now' thing vs. a long term setback. The Trump presidency - now that's a long term setback.
But I digress. Life isn't getting much easier and isn't fixing itself, and so our country shall not either. Time and money and patience and a whole lotta love, by golly, is what they both need.
Oh, and the bike too. I was getting closer to finding some magic numbers tucked away under the seat cushions of my checkbook, but then ASU came a calling, as did a nice little Ovation acoustic guitar in beautiful transparent black in the form of a Black Friday deal that I didn't need but wanted anyway purchase.
Hey- no one ever mistook me for someone who could concentrate or anything. I don't think so, anyway... what were we talking about?
So, now got a new guitar and my motorcycle project remains undone and sitting still, still. Shame. It really is not a great way to handle projects and such, and I will of course once more rely on my usual back pocket retort about where I am in life or how much money I don't have or whatever. In the end, it's a tough time of year to be spending money, and a tougher one to spend money on myself. Probably shouldn't have, but then again, I rarely do and well, I did and no sense in crying over it now.
It's funny visiting the garage, as I did a few nights ago. It is clearly obvious that I had no intention of being gone for months at that time; the tank is just sitting on the ground, the wiring is in sort of a 'being called in for lunch by mom' stake of completion, the seat is leaning against the wall. I would have posed her much better than that had I known it would be so long until I returned.
All that wiring of course is coming off if I do indeed purchase the M-Unit soon, which is likely in January some time I'm hoping. The wiring being the last thing I have yet to complete and get right- and ironically is one of the few things that, if not done right, well, it won't work at all. So, better to just go ahead and do it right the first time, as the saying goes.
And so I shall.
Life is stranger now, since I used to work on her each night. Listen to the same playlist, email the same people. Now I feel like I've lost all my friends, though in actuality there is only one, but I miss her still and while it was bending a rule or 3 to have dialog as often as we did, it was a thing I cherished and helped me figure out some things. Helped me work out some bike stuff, too. Cheers to her, and that.
Next steps for life? That remains a bit of a mystery, but in the meantime, how about this... get this bike running and rolling and maybe, just maybe, this bike can be a part of the new me, too.
Twist and shout, mama.
