Calm
Another week has wrapped up. I’ve still got too much to do but I don’t really care at the moment. I’ve managed to shift gears and throttle back a little. I’m sleeping a lot and going to bed before 11 most nights. I finished up the first phase of the project for the non-profit on Tuesday. Now things get tabled for while. Maybe it will come back. Maybe it won’t. I’d love to do the big rebuild, but I’m not going to hold my breath. I have one more major code block to finish up for my accountant. I’m really not in the mood to work on it at the moment. I have to go fix his network in a couple hours. Not fun. I hate hardware. Networks are hardware-based. Once that project is finished I’ll be back to ‘normal.’ I try to have my primary day job activity and one on-the-side project going. The woman needs a lot of software so that will be my on-the-side project for quite a while. If I can take breaks between the development cycles, I actually enjoy working on it.
So things are good. Calm is the word that keeps returning to my mind.
I wonder how Laura is doing? Last I heard she was in Southern Mexico teaching English. I hope she is doing well. It sounds like she is doing well from her blog entries, but as we all know blog entries don’t always tell the whole story. 
Every once in a while I get asked about her. “What’s the deal with you two?” “We’re friends.” “You never have female friends.” “No. I suppose not. Things with Laura are different.”
It can be so hard to explain. We are similar and we are very different. Laura is such a free spirit, carefree and wild. I like order and stability, with measured risk thrown in when I’m in the mood. We both wander and quest in our own ways. She travels the globe. I explore the edges of my mind and science. l think we both enjoy the calm that comes from being alone on the edge of something. The biggest difference is that she can let it all go and take that leap, while I prefer my creature comforts. Obviously motorcycles are a shared passion. That was what originally brought us together. Laura and her rat bikes. I have to shake my head as the smile spreads. How can you not love someone like that?
Speaking of motorcycles… I am seriously lusting over the Ducati Hypermotard S. I talked to a couple dealerships and I found a 2008 S in black for $500 under list, out the door. The downside is that I really can’t swing it just yet. I need more time to get ‘other issues’ resolved and get more cash set aside. I’ll be close to a couple grand by the end of next week, but that still leaves me $12,000 shy. Hmm… LOL Patience has never been a strength.
