Stuck In My Head

Pipes

Sometimes you just need some pipes

And She Was

I stayed the course and fulfilled the mission: I graduated from college and got a job!

But now what? I'd say that I feel like a ship without a rudder, but to be completely honest, I do know how to sail one of those. I'm not even wholly direction-less as I see where I want to be in 10ish years: a happy, worldly person who has their own home and family. Note how I don't quantify any of that - home could be a box in the park and my family could be the pigeons I feed on Thursdays. Highly unlikely, but it is one possible outcome. Getting from where I am now to where I want to be is the real trick. There is a decision to be made about what kind of worldly I want to be - what kinds of things I want to be able to tell my grandkids about when I'm 100, and they're getting ready to set off on their life. What do I want to do so that I can be the person I know I am? I have lingered at this crossroads for far too long trying to make that crucial first step into Life.

It is time to suck it up, strap in and throttle up. No more excuses or hesitations - just full on, head down determination.

Cast of Characters:

This lovely bag-loving fuzzy one is Oliver. He loves licking the outside shower curtain, keeping watch out the window and glass door, and playing with a green fluffy mouse toy.

This lovely one (are they really always sleeping when I photograph them?) is Sheila. She seems small compared to her brother, but as we have seen the volume of a cat is variable. I have seen her squeeze herself into the crook of my legs, and yet she manages to hog the bed every night. She also has a tendency to look like a chipmunk while playing.

And then there's me! This is a particularly telling picture of me while awaiting the start of my first leg of the RAGNAR Relay Miami to Key West. But that's a story for another day.

'Til then - stay frosty.

-Gingko