Following the sparkles...
Lately, life hasn't been overly interesting. Life has been pretty calm and quiet, with work taking up a great deal of my time and attention. I'm not complaining, in the least... cause the last thing I really wanna handle is a lot of excitement. Even now, on a Saturday night of a long weekend, I'm pondering the work I've got built up and the time I'll need to put in to get it finished. It's nice to get home and not worry about some sort of new drama, or something, that'll keep me from being able to relax. Nope - I just get home, take it easy, crawl into bed and repeat. There's a simple happiness in that, which I'm very happy to have in my life. I take the saying "Watch what you wish for, cause you just might get it" quite seriously, as experience has taught me the true wisdom in that statement.
The one "problem" with the lack of anything exciting happening is that I've lacked a little focus lately. At very least, I usually have something that occupies my thought cycles - something that keeps my thoughts on a particular subject, while I try to find a way through things. But without anything going on, I'm finding myself focused on less... important... things. Usually, it's daydream topics... which makes for more fun and enjoyable time, and less stressful moments... at least mostly. It's at very least a different kind of stress... which is what I've been going through lately.
Most recently, during lunchtime, I had went into an electronics store. I hadn't really wanted to buy... or even CONSIDER... anything in the store. I only wanted to browse at the stereo equipment so I could get the surround sound system set up for the living room here. However, there was a TV that caught my eye... a 55" Samsung that was, literally, far more upscale than I had even considered. However, the price, $1800, wasn't NEARLY as bad as I thought it would be... and because of that, I began considering it. And consider it I did... for the next 4 days. The problem - I really don't have the money for it, and it was kinda out of the budget I had set aside for such an expense. On top of it, however, is the worry that I'd lose out on buying a great TV at a great price. So back and forth I went for the next few days... going from "Okay, I am totally gonna go make sure I don't miss out on this deal" to "Nope! I gotta be responsible and not spend more than I should".
I kept thinking of what it'd be like to have that TV, though, and how I totally wish I could make it a reality. That is, until today. We had gone out, as part of our usual weekend routine, and found ourselves close to GP Bikes out in Whitby. I thought it might be fun to just go in and look at gear - things like jackets, gloves, helmets, boots... but I also knew that they were a registered dealer for Triumph, a bike that I totally loved the look of. So, while we were there, and after I had tried on a few helmets, jackets and gloves, I passed by the Ducati bikes they had. I had never considered them a possibility, as I had considered them INCREDIBLY expensive. However, there sat a Ducati Monster 696 for, what I considered a very reasonable $10,500-ish. It was red, and it was... absolutely NOT the bike I had wanted, but found myself fascinated with. I've always wanted a cruiser.. a Harley kind of bike... and the Ducati's a street sport bike. But there's always something... magical... about sporty Italian motor vehicles, whether it's an exotic Ferrari, or, in my case, a beautiful red Ducati.
At that moment, I never thought once about the TV... and instead, found myself pondering the possibilities of riding that bike. How would I do it? How can I make it work? How soon do I have to wait before I ride that bike home? It's not like I was, or am, seriously considering it. Afterall, as a beginner, the last thing I need is a high-powered motorcycle. Not to mention, the last thing I need is an EXPENSIVE new bike that I'll make all kinds of mistakes on, like possibility of dropping it. Still, it would be FANTASTIC! And it makes for such great daydream subject matter! With that, the TV becomes a past thought and the most simple decision to figure out. And deep down, something else will come along that'll make that Ducati disappear too... something that'll relegate it to a dream for a distant future time. But for now, I've got an imaginary helmet to strap on and a couple of miles of twisty make-believe country roads to tear up on a dreamy red Ducati...
The one "problem" with the lack of anything exciting happening is that I've lacked a little focus lately. At very least, I usually have something that occupies my thought cycles - something that keeps my thoughts on a particular subject, while I try to find a way through things. But without anything going on, I'm finding myself focused on less... important... things. Usually, it's daydream topics... which makes for more fun and enjoyable time, and less stressful moments... at least mostly. It's at very least a different kind of stress... which is what I've been going through lately.
Most recently, during lunchtime, I had went into an electronics store. I hadn't really wanted to buy... or even CONSIDER... anything in the store. I only wanted to browse at the stereo equipment so I could get the surround sound system set up for the living room here. However, there was a TV that caught my eye... a 55" Samsung that was, literally, far more upscale than I had even considered. However, the price, $1800, wasn't NEARLY as bad as I thought it would be... and because of that, I began considering it. And consider it I did... for the next 4 days. The problem - I really don't have the money for it, and it was kinda out of the budget I had set aside for such an expense. On top of it, however, is the worry that I'd lose out on buying a great TV at a great price. So back and forth I went for the next few days... going from "Okay, I am totally gonna go make sure I don't miss out on this deal" to "Nope! I gotta be responsible and not spend more than I should".
I kept thinking of what it'd be like to have that TV, though, and how I totally wish I could make it a reality. That is, until today. We had gone out, as part of our usual weekend routine, and found ourselves close to GP Bikes out in Whitby. I thought it might be fun to just go in and look at gear - things like jackets, gloves, helmets, boots... but I also knew that they were a registered dealer for Triumph, a bike that I totally loved the look of. So, while we were there, and after I had tried on a few helmets, jackets and gloves, I passed by the Ducati bikes they had. I had never considered them a possibility, as I had considered them INCREDIBLY expensive. However, there sat a Ducati Monster 696 for, what I considered a very reasonable $10,500-ish. It was red, and it was... absolutely NOT the bike I had wanted, but found myself fascinated with. I've always wanted a cruiser.. a Harley kind of bike... and the Ducati's a street sport bike. But there's always something... magical... about sporty Italian motor vehicles, whether it's an exotic Ferrari, or, in my case, a beautiful red Ducati.
At that moment, I never thought once about the TV... and instead, found myself pondering the possibilities of riding that bike. How would I do it? How can I make it work? How soon do I have to wait before I ride that bike home? It's not like I was, or am, seriously considering it. Afterall, as a beginner, the last thing I need is a high-powered motorcycle. Not to mention, the last thing I need is an EXPENSIVE new bike that I'll make all kinds of mistakes on, like possibility of dropping it. Still, it would be FANTASTIC! And it makes for such great daydream subject matter! With that, the TV becomes a past thought and the most simple decision to figure out. And deep down, something else will come along that'll make that Ducati disappear too... something that'll relegate it to a dream for a distant future time. But for now, I've got an imaginary helmet to strap on and a couple of miles of twisty make-believe country roads to tear up on a dreamy red Ducati...