Scarletpappion: March 2005

Wednesday, March 30, 2005

What a Great Ride Home!

Turned out the ride home yesterday was worth the freezing cold ride in to work! It was perfect! From the traffic to the temperature. Usually by the time I get off work, there is a pretty long line of traffic waiting to get on the highway and then more traffic for another few miles. Not yesterday! It was smooth sailing all the way home! There were a few times I even got up to 100MPH! I know, I shouldn't be going that fast. And I hear it all the time, especially from my wife. But I can't help it! I love to ride fast. I'm sure I wouldn't love the big ticket that I would get if I got pulled over! But I do it spurts, first I check my mirrors and then BAM...then I check my mirrors again and go a little bit longer...then I talk myself into riding the speed limit. No harm, no foul. And it makes me happy.

Today it's supposed to thunderstorm in the afternoon. So I didn't ride in today. I really can't wait until the warm weather is consistent and I can ride to work every day!! Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy!

Tuesday, March 29, 2005

Rode My Bike To Work for the First Time This Year!

So I cleaned up the bike last night and put some fresh gas in it, then took it for a spin around the neighborhood. The bike runs nicely after being in the garage all winter long. Of coarse, I winterized my bike. I put in the fuel stabilizer and had the trickle charger on it all winter. I was still relieved when it pretty much started right up!

So I rode into work this morning. I didn't even check the weather! It looked nice and clear and the sun was out. Well, the Sun, it can be deceiving! Turned out it wasn't warm out all. It wasn't so bad on the side streets, leading up to the highway. Once I got on the highway, it was a different story! Mostly my face was freezing cold, even with all my vents closed. Then my legs started feeling numb and then my fingers. I was wearing my brand new Alpinestars Leather Jacket with the liner, so my chest and arms stayed pretty warm. I am hoping the ride home will be ALOT warmer than the ride in! And for now on, if it's not AT Least 50 degrees out when I leave for work, I taking my Mustang!!

Friday, March 25, 2005

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A little under the weather

I stayed home from work today, what a bum! It all started with a sore throat on Wednesday, but I managed to keep working through Thursday. By Thursday night I was up tossing and turning and just not a happy camper. I did TRY to get up and go to work this morning. Of coarse we had a "mandatory meeting" this morning and I had to set the alarm for 6:00 am. I woke up and tried to get ready, but it just wasn't happening. So I called my boss and went back to bed. I slept ALL day long! Yeah, I woke up a few times. My wife flew to New York this morning to be with family for Easter, so she called me on her way to the airport, when she got to the airport, when she got on the plane and again when she landed. So my sleep was not uninterupted. I finally pulled my lazy butt out of bed and started cleaning and doing laundry. Yes, I know, I'm sick, I should be resting, but I one of those compulsively clean people. Now don't get me wrong, the house is not exactly clean, but that doesn't mean it doesn't drive me absolutely CRAZY! We have alot of animals, so everytime I clean, then let the dogs play, within minutes I am right back where I started from. For some reason dirt makes me anxious and all I can think about is cleaning it up. I have been working on that. I try to walk pass a mess and think about something else. I read in a magazine that a dirty house is a happy house and that it means someone (or some animals) had fun getting the place dirty. And I try to remember that. Sometimes it helps and I just pass it up. But in the end, it's always me, with the broom or the cleaner, making it sparkly again.

Anyway, I have my best friend coming over tonight, so I thought I would pick up the place a little bit before she got here. Our plans for this evening: Pick up some Outback Steakhouse, To Go (since it would be easily a few hours to go sit down and eat) and watch SAW. My wife does not enjoy gory, suspensful movies, so Kim and I will watch the worst of the worst whenever we get a chance. I hear it's pretty sick. Needless to say she will be staying the night. I don't particulary like watching gross movies and then being by myself all night long. Especially in this house, there are alot of things making noises. So that's the plan! Dinner & Movie.

Well I should probably be getting off the computer now and back into bed for a final few hours of rest between laundry. The house is picked up and I can rest easy.

Wednesday, March 23, 2005

My wife on her CBR1000

Me on my SV650, last year when the weather was nice enough to ride!

Another beautiful day in Rainy Indiana

So it's supposed to be Spring, right? I remember the days when it used to be sunny with beautiful blue skies and a nice light breeze would make the temperature outside just perfect. Now granted I am a California native, but come on, just because I now reside in Indianapolis, doesn't mean that 5 months out of the year should be filled with dark skies, rain, snow and freezing cold wind!! I bought my motorcycle back in February of 2002. And I remember it was a little chilly, but I was still riding! Now here it is, almost the end of MARCH and I have not even had a chance to ride my bike all year! Yes, there have been a few nice days, of coarse those are the days when I have to work and the mornings are still a little too frigid to hop on the bike. Yeah, I am a "fair weather rider", but I can handle a little cold air..a little cold air. Not to mention that gas prices have sky rocketed and it would be cost effective to ride in to work! Ok, enough, I just have to hang in there. Soon enough I will be complaining about how HOT and HUMID it is outside. Sometimes I wonder how I moved to such a place. Too cold in the winter and too hot in the summer. I have been here for 4 years now, I should be used to it.

No person is your enemy, no person is your friend, every person is your teacher - Florence Scovel Shinn

We can open ourselves to opportunities today. They abound in our lives. No circumstance we find ourselves in is detrimental to our progess. No relationship with someone at work or at home is superfluous to our development. Teachers are everywhere. And as we become ready for a new lesson, one will appear.

We can marvel at the wonder of our lives today. We can reflect on our yesterdays and be grateful for the lessons they taught. We can look with hopeful anticipation at the days ahead - gifts, all of them. We are on a special journey, serving a special purpose, uniquely our own. No barrier, no difficult person, no tumultuous time is designed to interrupt our progess. All experiences are simply to teach us what we have yet to learn.

Trusting in the goodness of all people, all situations, all paths to progess will release whatever our fears, freeing us to go forth with a quicker step and an assurance that eases all moments.
- excerpt from Timeless Wisdom

Wednesday, March 09, 2005

Ideally, both members of a couple in love free each other to new and different worlds

We cannot possess another's spirit, even though we may desire to do so while struggling to feel love. We must not block one another's invitations for adventure even though we fear being left behind. We won't find the happiness we long for if we've tied another to ourselves by strings of shame, guilt or pity.

Being free to love, or not, is the only path to real love. A trapped butterfly soon loses its splendor, and life; likewise, a trapped lover quietly awaits the relationships death.

Travelling separate, yet parallel, paths keeps a relationship vital. Bringing fresh ideas, favored hopes, and fruitful experiences to each other's attention is the enhancement a relationship must have to stay strong.

Let's not corner our patterns but instead trust that real love is the promised gift of being free.
- from Timeless Wisdom

Thursday, March 03, 2005

Random Meanderings

Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Las Vegas 2004

Today was like a shadow. It lurked behind me. It's now gone forever. Why is it that time is such a difficult thing to befriend? - Mary Casey

Each passing minute is all that we are certain of having. The choice is ever present to relish the moment, reaping fully whatever it's benefits, knowing that we are being given just what we need each day of our lives. We must not pass up what is offered today.

Time accompanies us like a friend, though often a friend denied or ignored. We can't recapture what was offered yesterday. It's gone. All that stands before us is here, now.

We can nurture the moment and know that the pain and pleasures offered us with each moment are our friends, the teachers our inner selves await. And we can be mindful that this time, this combination of events and people, won't come again. They are the gift of the present. We can be grateful.

We miss the opportunities the day offers because we don't recognize the experiences as the lesson designed for the next stage of our development. The moment's offerings are just, necessary, and friendly to our spiritual growth.

I will take today in my arms and love it. I will love all it offers, it is a friend bearing gifts galore. - from Each Day a New Beginning

Tuesday, March 01, 2005

I think everybody has to experience a certain amount of pain on the way to maturity - Ruth Casey

Our lives have been a series of lessons, many of them not particulary easy. It's generally the case that the ones we gained the most from were the hardest or the most tedious. Is pain always a requirement for growth? Hindsight may suggest that, but we need to realize that our willingness to grow or change, coupled with the faith that we were always in safe hands, could have made all of our transitions quite smooth. Nothing ever had to be as hard as some of us made it.

Attitude, along with faith, has always had a powerful impact on our perceptions of life. No two people have ever made identical oberservations of any situation. Needless to say, we all make a choice about how to interpret the varied circumstances in our life. So-called accidents of nature are seen as quite purposeful to some, while others are defeated by them. Physical ailments are accepted as opportunities for developing another dimension of one's life by those who prefer a positive outlook. Our freedom to interpret each experience as a lucky opportunity or as undeserved devastation has always existed and will never be taken from us. How have we managed that power so far?

Am I content with how my life has evolved? Where it goes today is in my power - from Keepers of the Wisdom

This is a very interesting meditation. It makes many thoughts go through my mind. So many are tangled up that I having trouble expressing any of them! I have those days, where I want to say so many things, but I cannot get one sentence out that even makes any sense. I have done this several times in this paragraph. I think my problem is I have been staring at a computer way to long today. Too many numbers and words going through my mind all at once. I really wanted to get a current post up. I hope you will all enjoy today's daily meditation. Hopefully I will not be so discombobulated later and I will be able to express myself! Until next time....

: Name: scarletpappion; Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

I am currently in a committed relationship with the woman I fell in love with a year ago. After she finally realized I was the one for her, we moved in together and began our life journey together. We love riding our motorcycles and playing with our babies; Chopper (Dane Mix), Jules (German Shepard), Potito (Chihuahua), Eve (baby kitten), Baby Kitty and Thomas (fat cat). Yes, we LOVE animals. But we are currently at our maximum capacity!

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