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And so it goes...
Dec. 31st, 2000 04:16 amWhy am I up at 4:16 am? Well, I can't sleep. I'm too excited, I suppose, though I did get some shuteye from about 10:30 pm last night to 2 am today. There are still a number of things left lying around that need to be packed and put on the truck. I figure I'll do this until 6 am or whenever the urge to fall asleep creeps up again, and then go to sleep for a few more hours.
The truck is one of these big 27-foot diesel jobs with a manual transmission. On the way back from the rental place, I figured out that, unloaded, the best strategy was to start moving in second or third gear. Once under way, I'm pretty sure I won't have to worry too much about speed limits, as I'm not entirely convinced that the truck could attain a vertical speed of over 55 mph if you dropped it off a cliff. I will, of course, do everything I can to avoid putting this hypothesis to the test.
Weather looks questionable going up my usual route to Pagosa (yes, I've done this many a time before, just not with such cargo). Normally, I'll take I-45 up to Ennis and then take 287 up through Ft. Worth and on up to Amarillo, where I join I-40 going west, all the way to an exit known as Clines Corners. There, I pick up 285 going north to Santa Fe, where I pick up 84 and stay all the way to the end, at highway 160, a scant mile or so from downtown Pagosa Springs.
Today, since ice and sleet seem to be fated for the Dallas/Ft. Worth area - I'll check the TV in a bit - I think I'll take 290 west out of Houston to Austin, then 183 north through Lampasas, Goldthwaite and Brownwood to Abilene, where I would pick up I-20 west to the Roscoe exit, then north on 84 (the same road that eventually takes me to Pagosa) through Lubbock and Fort Sumner to Santa Rosa, where I pick up I-40 on the way to Clines Corners. The down side of this route is that my time on the Interstate is minimal...just the section between Abilene and Roscoe and between Santa Rosa and Clines Corners. The first route keeps me on the big roads from here to about Ft. Worth, and again from Amarillo to Clines Corners.
Then again, since this truck isn't exactly a speed demon, it should not matter. At any rate, if I leave around 2 pm, then I ought to make Abilene by 8 or 9 pm.
Enough of that.
The nature of my question yesterday regarding the departure of sanssouci and velocity wasn't about the specific circumstances that made them feel it necessary to quit LJ, it was a more general question about whether there might be a common thread having to do with the nature of "public" journaling that brought about this result (in other words, is there some intrinsic hazard in this mode of expression that caught up with both sanssouci and velocity)? Of course, if there is, it'd be nice to figure out what it may have been, and try to avoid it. I'll push some thoughts around on this for a while more, methinks.
Today marks my 155-th consecutive day of LJ posts. Back on July 30, I made a decision that, barring true emergencies, I would make the effort to post something on LJ every day "for a while." The alternative was to go along the way I had been going, with intermittent posts once or twice a week, which reduced the exercise to the creation of a random collection of musings similar to those I've been committing to paper and magnetic media from time to time over the years, with no palpable effect either on my sense of accomplishment or my way of looking at the world..
Looking back over the past several months, I note that something in my thinking has improved (amazing what focusing one's thinking on something - anything - for a 30-min period on a daily basis will do for you). Despite several lapses, I have tried to focus on the positive aspects of life, and I think moving my fingers over a keyboard in support of that world view has been beneficial.
After all, over the past several months, I've regained direction in my life, found the courage to strike back out on my own, and am acting proactively to recapture my and my wife's dreams for the future.
(No, I'm not going to attribute all of that to LJ, but I am convinced that LJ - and more specifically, the way I used the medium - was a factor!)
That said, I think, all things considered, that I shall take a short vacation from here for a day or two as I diesel my way up to Pagosa.
To all those who see this message, please accept my warmest regards and best wishes for your health, your happiness, and your prosperity in the coming year. It's all possible. Pursue your dreams (and remember to dream BIG!).
Cheers...
The truck is one of these big 27-foot diesel jobs with a manual transmission. On the way back from the rental place, I figured out that, unloaded, the best strategy was to start moving in second or third gear. Once under way, I'm pretty sure I won't have to worry too much about speed limits, as I'm not entirely convinced that the truck could attain a vertical speed of over 55 mph if you dropped it off a cliff. I will, of course, do everything I can to avoid putting this hypothesis to the test.
Weather looks questionable going up my usual route to Pagosa (yes, I've done this many a time before, just not with such cargo). Normally, I'll take I-45 up to Ennis and then take 287 up through Ft. Worth and on up to Amarillo, where I join I-40 going west, all the way to an exit known as Clines Corners. There, I pick up 285 going north to Santa Fe, where I pick up 84 and stay all the way to the end, at highway 160, a scant mile or so from downtown Pagosa Springs.
Today, since ice and sleet seem to be fated for the Dallas/Ft. Worth area - I'll check the TV in a bit - I think I'll take 290 west out of Houston to Austin, then 183 north through Lampasas, Goldthwaite and Brownwood to Abilene, where I would pick up I-20 west to the Roscoe exit, then north on 84 (the same road that eventually takes me to Pagosa) through Lubbock and Fort Sumner to Santa Rosa, where I pick up I-40 on the way to Clines Corners. The down side of this route is that my time on the Interstate is minimal...just the section between Abilene and Roscoe and between Santa Rosa and Clines Corners. The first route keeps me on the big roads from here to about Ft. Worth, and again from Amarillo to Clines Corners.
Then again, since this truck isn't exactly a speed demon, it should not matter. At any rate, if I leave around 2 pm, then I ought to make Abilene by 8 or 9 pm.
Enough of that.
The nature of my question yesterday regarding the departure of sanssouci and velocity wasn't about the specific circumstances that made them feel it necessary to quit LJ, it was a more general question about whether there might be a common thread having to do with the nature of "public" journaling that brought about this result (in other words, is there some intrinsic hazard in this mode of expression that caught up with both sanssouci and velocity)? Of course, if there is, it'd be nice to figure out what it may have been, and try to avoid it. I'll push some thoughts around on this for a while more, methinks.
Today marks my 155-th consecutive day of LJ posts. Back on July 30, I made a decision that, barring true emergencies, I would make the effort to post something on LJ every day "for a while." The alternative was to go along the way I had been going, with intermittent posts once or twice a week, which reduced the exercise to the creation of a random collection of musings similar to those I've been committing to paper and magnetic media from time to time over the years, with no palpable effect either on my sense of accomplishment or my way of looking at the world..
Looking back over the past several months, I note that something in my thinking has improved (amazing what focusing one's thinking on something - anything - for a 30-min period on a daily basis will do for you). Despite several lapses, I have tried to focus on the positive aspects of life, and I think moving my fingers over a keyboard in support of that world view has been beneficial.
After all, over the past several months, I've regained direction in my life, found the courage to strike back out on my own, and am acting proactively to recapture my and my wife's dreams for the future.
(No, I'm not going to attribute all of that to LJ, but I am convinced that LJ - and more specifically, the way I used the medium - was a factor!)
That said, I think, all things considered, that I shall take a short vacation from here for a day or two as I diesel my way up to Pagosa.
To all those who see this message, please accept my warmest regards and best wishes for your health, your happiness, and your prosperity in the coming year. It's all possible. Pursue your dreams (and remember to dream BIG!).
Cheers...
