A new week

Lots of thoughts while I was off work last week with a bad back, thinking about my future and stuff - daytime TV is soooooo bad that anything is better :-)

I always have trouble getting off to sleep when my head gets in a thinking mood - it only needs a small nudge and off it goes. First one was always a bad one - reading people's rider reports on ADVRider always gets my feet all itchy, my brain going off planning long rides.

The second was watching the movie Ten Inch Hero - no, not those ten inches! The plot of the movie itself wasn't the nudge, but the vehicle owned by one of the characters:



No - not the girls, although they were also a redeeming feature ;-), but the VW bus.

My parent's had a '72 for a while back in the early 90s, and I drove it occasionally when I was between cars, and it was fun:



I did have a couple of these when in my late teens, but not sure I want one again:



But a camper could be cool, all set up mechanically for a life of cruising around at 55mph :-D

A couple of times I even had to turn my bedside light back so that I could read something to switch my brain off going round in circles!

My back is probably 80% back to normal now, still get the occasional twinge, so will have to be careful of it from now on I spose.

Another good session with the counsellor today, getting closer into my issues - it'd be nice to have someone else to talk through them with up here though. Can't have everything I suppose, but that's partly my fault for only having a very few friends and not knowing who I can talk to.

Just over a week until I get on the Ben My Chree for my Easter trip on the bike to see my parents - all being well I'll get a ride in on Easter Sunday and maybe Easter Monday too. Depends on the weather I suppose, and how relaxed/stressed/tired I am - I don't tend to ride when my heart and mind aren't in it as I don't think I'll concentrate enough, and concentration is all when riding a motorbike. Especially when just bimbling around with nowhere in particular to go.

Ooh, yeah, and for the third time in the last 10 years, I've gone for a change of look on the facial front, heading back to the ginger minger goatee look:



Whadda we think?

TTFN