Temptation

After weeks and, well months, to get ahold of an M-unit and begin the final assault on the electronics that have been bunkered down on this build for a while now, I finally got one!

And actually, I got two.

During some of the backorder-ness and change this-to-this in their ordering processes, I've been sent two of them. And according to some shipping notices I've been emailed, I may actually have a third shipment of the same contents coming as well.

So, when it rains... it sends three of everything.

Considering one, I don't have second bike I'm working on (thankful for that), two, I'm an honest bloke, and three, this shop is awesome and kicks ass, I will be returning the second package post-haste.

Besides, karma and the Good Lord I need on my side so I can get red to red and black to black and make this thing start up once more.

My temptation is of course, to follow my typical mode of operation and get in there and try to make this work or that work or in a general sense just feel like some progress because a light came on or a turn-signal, er, signaled. Just throw it on there and see something happen. But I wanna fight this temptation and slow down and do it slowly and methodically.

And that, for me, requires:

• a new playlist. Or a good one.

• a few beers. Something dark and tasty.

• a day to apply to the affected area

• patience

So, for me, patience can be a result of planning. I'm learning this about myself. A little bit of planning can go a long way to seeing it through, or getting there in a good mood. It's not that spontaneity doesn't exist for me- man, do I have that characteristic in spades. But I have found that a little bit of planning helps the medicine go down. And this is supposed to be a bike build that's enjoyable.

It's a Wednesday today, so if I start thinking that Sunday is gonna be church and bike day, I'm halfway there already.

And those two things sound like a perfect day.