Looking out at the Horizon

I’ve got so many things in my head these days that it’s been hard to focus on one thing and get it done. My riding goals have begun to change and I’m trying to decide how to move forward. What the best plan of attack is. Tomorrow I’m going on my first S24O with Bruce. Then in October there is a big ride shaping up that I am lucky enough to be a part of.

This ride will be a test of many things. Fitness, gear, toughness and relationships. Yeah, relationships. Serbrina has been the most supportive spouse in whatever path I’ve gone down. However, I think I found her limit the other day. October is when the Super Randonneur series finishes up with the 600k. It’s also when this epic ride will be taking place. I’ve gotten blessing to do all these rides, but once they are done, I need to scale them back. I’ve got rides planned on 3 of the 4 weekends in October and that’s our anniversary month. If you’ve been reading this blog you’ve probably figured out by now that I’m not too bright. If you just reading today, I’ll save you some time. I’M NOT TOO BRIGHT!

So now I’m starting to consider putting off the SR series until next year. There will be many events for the people planning to ride the Paris-Brest-Paris Brevet in August. Sadly though, I won’t be going. I’ve decided that the cost/timing is just too much. I have a hiatus for work every summer, and the PBP is right when I would be starting up work again. I hope to be there in 2015 though. So then what is all this training for? Has it been wasted? Hellz no! More will come about that soon. I’ve got a few things to work out still. I got a good fortune cookie yesterday, so I’m feeling pretty good about that right now.

This summer I really started to think about future life plans. It really hit home when followed a link on Patagonia’s twitter feed. It was about a documentary about the characters from Ed Abbey’s “The Monkey Wrench Gang”. Ed Abbey is my favorite author and when I was much younger I saw myself living a simple life like him. Driving though the desert in a beat up old truck with some whiskey and a six shooter in the glove box. Sounds great doesn’t it? Sadly, I’ve gone in the complete opposite direction, owning (or trying to anyways) a home, cars, motorcycles etc. Reliant on a job (glad I have one right now) and tied to an area for work (Hollywood). Serbrina and I would both like to live somewhere else, but I don’t know where to begin. How to get out from under this, and what would I do for work? All I know is Hollywood. I’ve worked in the Entertainment Industry since high school. And like I said before, I’m not too bright. I need to make a change though. Just not sure what’s out on the horizon. It seems so damn far away.