Just don't head north. The ground is no longer in view...covered with some white crap, and it was 2 degrees at 0800. And to make me feel even "better" I have a nasty cold, my nose is beginning to look like Rudolph's. So, guess I'll hole up a couple more days, maybe watch the Packers beat the Vikings this evening...hopefully. Gives me a chance to razz a couple cousins in Austin, MN.
John, the red nose rider...
Quite a visual there... Unfortunately, I'm familiar with that look... even sported it myself on occasion! No white stuff here, but... pretty doggone cold and blustery for this tenderfoot. No rain or other moisturefication in these parts, but I'm still toying with the idea of hanging around one more night in this dungeon...
The desire to escape is strong; however, my constitution is nowhere near as able as it has been in years past! OK, more like my sissy, self-indulgent side is trying to assert itself, too... Sports spectacles have long since lost their appeal, so I might have to play around with yet another workout on the keyboard... Appears we may both be stuck... At least in my case, that would be only for one more night, though! Good luck with your confinement!!!
DDT
Mike,
Yeah, hobbies are quite important, yet their value is often missed by many of us hard-charging eager-beavers trying to get ahead! Some, just like yours truly once upon a time, become so focused and 'dialed-in' on specific targets, we get all caught-up in what my fighter pilot friends called 'target fixation'. We simply block out anything else and go dead at whatever it is that we're shooting for...
My ex and former landlady understood that, and when she recognized that condition in this over-doing-it partner of hers, she encouraged me to find outlets and other avenues of pursuit. What followed worked wonders and changed my life! Just one example of the many, many ways in which she made my life so much better than it would have been without her...
You are correct, writing has become an important 'hobby' of mine! Not a lot of aerobic value there, but mentally it is really very stimulative... Of course, you know that, too, don't you? Nobody gets to a skill level like the one you have in writing yourself without far more than casual, occasional pursuit! Thanks, as always, for your comments!
DDT
Oh, I do have plans! Yessiree, Mississippi? Who knows, and more importantly, who cares?! It's all good, and I'm eager to go in search of whatever might come into view...
DDT
Did hell just freeze over? DDT has plans..........
Who cares? Of course we care.
We're always glad to see you.
Rams
Ron,
Not so fast there, my impetuous friend! There are plans and then there are plans... My definition of a plan is little more than an inclination to likely do something... generally speaking! Most folks think of lots of detail and other such stuff when that term is applied! For this 'planner', that term means little more than saying I also 'plan' to eat, breathe, sleep, and... well, ride...
As for 'Hell freezing over', I don't know about that, but it is possible, I think! Heck, it's so cold here in Montgomery this morning, I'm actually considering voluntarily staying over yet another night right here! It's 35* with winds of 15mph, cloudy and dismal looking... Yeah, I know... We used to enjoy mild days like that back in the day... I'm like everybody else there, I reckon... the older I get, the better I was!
DDT
