Greetings and Salutations!
What sort of month is this!?!
Crazy is what it is…
Lots of good things habbening.
Like a for instance, OtherGrans got the formal Adoption done for the nukular powered Redhead, so no longer is the shadow of DC and DF ‘hovering’ in the background. I’ll take a bow in that the inital rescue so to speak was my planning and co-ordination that allowed OtherGrans to take nominal possession of the Redhead.
Gretchen and I at the time were not “hubz and wifey” so we we ‘out of the running’ so to speak, but Nona and ReadiFreddi ‘jumped on that frag’ for the long run, and Yay! She’s free!
Thank God Almighty, She’s Free At Last!!!
And she’s well aware of it, and thrilled herself. I think (mainly because she’s sharper and more astute than most adults I know) that she understood that she had a wee bit of a precarious situation vis-a-vis the custody thing. Now that it’s settled? Well, we, Gretchen and Myself, still maintain the partnership with the OtherGrans, so she’s over here for the beginning of spring break.
Today was “Mermaid Time” using the fin I showed you all before at the local Springs up by Fishhawk. Not a bad call as it -was- a gorgeous day, however… The spring was cold AF and despite her natural Nukular Powered 7 Year old Inner Power Core, her lil butt got froze clean off to the point her lips were blue at one point, and Gretchen had to get all “Drill Sergeant-y” to get her out of the damned water.
This of course ended well on multiple levels.
Her energy got wiped out by trying to stay non-hypothermic, so after dinner, she essentially crashed out hard which is a bonus as some nights? I’ve found the lil booger up at 0330 AM talking to and playing with her stuffed nan-in-namals (as she used to baby talk call her stuffies).
Gretchen was also a cold category casualty. Se’s out like a light right now next to the Redhead.
Tomorrow is Sapper and My turn.
We have to bust out our mountain bikes and go riding with her.
I’ve been told in the past that me on my mountain bike looks like one of them Russian Bears who’s trained in the circus to ride them itty-bitty bikes… I think it was the Serbian War Criminal who made that call, much to the delight and hilarity of all the locals in the neighborhood.
Go ahead and laugh.
I at least found a bike that is stout enough to haul my ass as well as have all my bug-out gear strapped to it. Front and rear dual saddlebags, tools, water bottle(s) GPS and smol computer that allows me to run tracks fed via the GPS… and as a bonus, I equipped it when I first got it with a “kid trailer” attachment as well as getting the trailer itself off of Fecesbook Marketplace for like $25 used. I can and have hauled a HUGE amount of shit as needed if things truly go all medieval… like a terminal power outage/EMP thing…
I do have the ability to laugh at myself however…
I –do- look recockulas when I’m riding it, even without all the bug-the-fuck-out packs strapped to it… The only thing I’d like is to add an electric motor/gearbox to it as I am NOT getting any younger…
Jes’ Sayin’
So I again apoligize for the paucity of posting.
I’m alive, but OMFG busy-busy.
I’ll update as I go, and nope… nothing new vis-a-vis the Redhead’s sister, AKA Adriana… (that I can talk about on an open freq) which sucks.
More Later
Big Country
That’s GREAT news BCE, I’m really happy for you guys and Gran #1.
Regarding Gran #2, I’m hoping that will work out and DF is still on the straight and narrow and DC is NO WHERE near Tennessee.
Good news, nice to hear.
The problems with adding on a e-bike rig is limited range (sub 20 miles under real loading) and when it’s empty you have MORE weight to peddle around. That and add on rigs on the market are mostly a mixed bag of cheap parts that don’t last under stress for the most part.
Now if 15 miles is all you need to get to your safe place then your golden. But most of us can peddle in low gears over 5 MPH to do that if heavily loaded.
The best thing to do is reduce overall weight of the system. Starting with the rider. Everything gets easier after that!
Pics (no tits) of Bearcycle or didn’t happen
Bloggin is temporary, family is forever.
My own experience as a lifelong insomniac tells me the little redhead may be one as well. If she does, please encourage her to stay away from prescription sleep aids. Again my experience is that they do more harm than good. So glad she’s free at last!
As a RN, couldn’t agree more. Even the ones that do put you to sleep, keep you from entering that needed deep sleep, but you don’t know it because you’re asleep!
Kinda like sleep apnea, eh?
I used to have insomnia bad and was tired all day.
My doctor repeatedly wanted me to go get a sleep study but at the time I bought into the
“cpaps are a buncha crap and don’t work…. I know a bunch of people who got them and never used them”.
WELL I finally went and got a sleep study and after a couple of hours of them fiddling with the settings, I got the best sleep that I’d had in a decade !!
Come to find out I have sleep apnea pretty bad and I never go to sleep without my cpap, I even take it on trips because I sleep like crap without it.
The thing is that that have 3 types of masks and you need to see which one works for you. It also takes 3 – 4 weeks to get used to it but after that you sleep like a baby.
Seriously if you have insomnia, ask your doctor to send you for a sleep study.
I wish that I had gone years earlier.
I relate to the big guy on two wheels thing. I have pictures of me riding a Harley Sportster… Send in the clowns… cringe worthy, made it look like a 50cc dirtbike. And from what I’ve seen, You’d make me look small.
I was always a night owl, shiftwork in the Navy was easy, Steer that kid to work nights, some are born for it, I consider myself part vampire as a result (without all that screaming and blood). Been working nights for 25 years…(they will pay extra), I have one of my kids that will work on cars all night long, and sleep days, he’s related to me.
You should do a info post on your bug out bike.
Shortly coming!
“No homo“ ha ha. Man, I miss hearing that term.
You can get a small gas motor on the Zon for bicycles for $165. 4 stroke to reduce noise.
I don’t know anything about them, and there’s lots of parts, so it might be a pain in the butt. They get a billion mpg. You have nothing else to do, right Smalls?
Good work for staying in the marriage. Mines been 31 years, and very difficult many many many many many many times, but no regrets. Those Grans get security from that commitment.