:: Motorbiking

In January. Went for a fun fun ride on Saturday and a longer ride on Sunday. Very fun. It's been positive double digit degrees and the main roads are totally open now. Side streets are totally unusable, however.


I do love my moto. Things are shaping up that I will probably go on a long vacation NEXT summer and ride coast to coast across Canada. This year I get rid of all debt and begin to buy the necessary equipment for such a trip. Also I can _finally_ learn to camp this summer with my many planned long weekends.

So, I'm an alcoholic. I don't know what that really means but since new years I've put myself on a budget to pay off my dumb debt and the highest unnecessary cost was booze. The old budget was around $500 a month on drinks and the new is $100. These may seem high to some (cheap to fun loving others) but the real cause is bars. Going out to drink costs sooo much money. Dollar for dollar you could almost drink as much on $100 as $500 if you don't buy it from a place that jacks the price up. I'm three Fridays in a row without visiting my favorite establishment, Loco Lou's. It fucking sucks. I have to do this for 4 months to be completely clean of stupid debt. I am going to do it for January at least to prove to Joe that I can. If I can I'm going to stick to it and be more careful with the $100. Of course if I wanted I could go clean all month and go out full for two Fridays as $50 a night would make for a fun time.

As for alcoholism. It sounds worse than I think it is. I very much like to drink and don't see why I shouldn't. I barely smoke at all. I exercise, work out, eat well, sleep plenty. I wonder how much of it is habit. Joe and I went to meet an old acquaintance at a bar and I was ready to leave because I wanted another beer so bad. I didn't break and had a fine time but also I don't get that kind of urge if I'm not at the bar. Is it the place? Doesn't help being constantly asked if I want another drink and having to say no, when yes, yes I do very much.... if you pay for it.

Oh well. Being in the green when the summer starts will pay off big time. For now it sucks. Buy me a beer if you see me. I'll take you on a moto ride in return. In January.

Nice flags, eh?

Everyday ends
2 Pale Ale and a Porter
Finish with a smile