I’m sorry to see Mike has decided to give up his blog. It was one of the places I visited regularly. It’s difficult to keep these things going…
For me, it was a lot of fun at first. Something new to learn. I like learning new things. Once I learned all I wanted to learn it started becoming a chore. As my moods cycle I sometimes find it difficult to even get out of bed in the morning so there’s not a lot of energy left to be creative.
I’m just emerging from a particularly rough time. First there was the cruise from hell with my father, brother, and sister-in-law. Let’s just say that it wasn’t the best time of my life. At least I got to climb the pyramid at Chitzen Itza, literally the “high point” of the cruise.
Then all my nieces and nephews and their respective families came down for Thanksgiving with my father. I was looking forward to seeing nephews and nieces I haven’t seen in years. I was basically ignored the entire time they were here. Hmmm… so much for family.
A friend and his father needed a place to stay for a couple weeks so I let them stay here. I’ve lived alone for a long time. I like living alone. They were the best possible house guests, but I’m used to being alone and it became very difficult towards the end of their visit.
All my relatives are back where they belong and my friend and his father have moved into their own apartment. My home is finally peaceful again. It will take a while to completely unwind from the experience of the last few weeks. So if you run into me somewhere and I seem a bit edgy, I hope you’ll understand.
Positive things have been happening but I’ve allowed them to be overshadowed by the negative things.
I did get my new car last week. It was supposed to take a couple weeks to come in but they decided on the 30th they wanted to move a car out of the showroom. It had way more options than the one I ordered, but they were willing to sell it to me for the same price. So I made out really good on that one. The only thing missing on the car was the upgraded radio with iPod integration that I wanted. They said it would be a couple weeks before the upgrade came in, but again, they were able to get one in just a couple days.
My friend Deb had a party last Saturday to celebrate the finishing of her barn and the retirement of her ex-husband. I had a wonderful time and got to see some old friends I haven’t seen in years.
Must remember… focus on the positive things… have an attitude of gratitude!
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12/6/2005 at 2:39 pm
Mike
Thanks Pete. Congrats on your new steed and I enjoyed reading your reserved assessment of your visitors.
I, too, like living alone and so fully understand how you could quietly celebrate your return to solitude.
Thanks for your visits to my blog. It was good fun but it became an aggravation and I pulled the plug—that’s a liberty you have when not being paid to do something.
Oh, and I was the one paying, so it was my call and no one else’s.
FYI, I’m about to go full circle. I left HTML for a php forum, left the forum for a php blog, and am now considering a return to simple take-it-or-leave-it html.