For the1st time since I've owned it, my motorcycle stranded me on Sunday. Fortunately, I was in town & not out on some back roads like I have been the past few weeks. Called a tow truck to have it taken to the shop, then texted everyone I could think of, for a ride home - 8 people in all, seven of whom are co-workers. Most were out of town, two never texted back, and the one guy who could help me was Adams (who just recently moved one street over from me - I can see his house from my back yard!). I did end up walking about a mile before he got to me, but I just couldn't sit around anymore.
The shop called today so I could explain what happened, so I assume they started working on it today as well. I don't think it's going to be too bad, but I really need to start thinking about buying a new (or new-to-me) bike soon. I've only got 3000 miles left to hit 100k, but after that (if it makes it) I should probably retire it from long-distance travel & buy something more reliable.
Progress has stalled on the Dodge, as I'm having the worst luck at finding rims for it. Since I'm converting it to 4-whl discs, I have to buy larger rims because the current ones won't fit over the calipers. I literally can't find *any* full sets of used rims in *any* size (15, 16, 17, or 18 in diameter) that will work on my car. I even went to a salvage yard today, no luck. This means that, even though the car isn't even driveable right now, I'm going to have to spend $800-1000 on new rims & tires. That. Fucking. Sucks. because 1) the drive-train parts are running over budget, 2) I'm going to have to spend a minimum of about $2500 for another bike, not to mention the cost of fixing the current one, 3) my truck is in need of a transmission flush/fluid change, and a timing belt, and I think those two services are going to run about $500-700. and 4) if I have to buy another bike, it'll be out of the money I had set aside to pay my realtor when I buy a house (which isn't looking like it'll happen, so I guess it doesn't matter anyway, at least this year).
Oh, and I actually ended up scheduling an appt with my old psychiatrist, after a little back & forth regarding my file/his notes. I'd asked if I could have copies of everything in my file, so I could look it over (my intent was to see if I could make any connections in hind-sight that I hadn't made while seeing him). He told me that all of his notes were hand-written, would take way too much time to photocopy, and would probably be too hard to read anyway. Rather than argue, I just said, thanks anyway & I'd figure something out. A week or so later we talked again, a little about his schedule, and about his fees (told him about my now $1600 annual out-of-pocket deductible) & asked if he might do a cash discount. He said I should come in & we'd figure something out, so I agreed. I know if he wants to base it on income I'll pay full price, but I can always just not go back, so I agreed to one meeting. It's in a coupe weeks I think (have it in my calendar).
Right now, the only thing I want to ask him is, how can I make peace with being alone for the rest of my life? If I can come to terms with that, then if I ever do meet someone (HA!) it'll just make things better, & I'll be able to cope with going back to being single when it inevitably ends (yes, I'm Mr. Positivity).
Did I post this before? If so, it bears repeating anyway, so...
The Gift of Being Unattached in Relationships.
7:04 p.m. - 2017-06-13
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