That is why I am enjoying the friendships, Kevin. You make a good point and it is good to really get to know someone before you offer yourself as a sacrifice. Maybe I am looking at it wrong but each time I fail I learn just a little bit more about stuff. I am glad you are a member here.
So by your own admission you are into leather. We have a lot of cattle in these hills. It is something when they start mooing and follow the lead. We have to be protective of them when they have young in the cold weather. Ice ponds can be dangerous for them. Last summer when the other neighbors were complaining about some cows getting on their property I didn't mind when the strays got onto my property. Heck, free fertilizer and grass that i wouldn't have to mow.
I am going through a transitional phase. Just really started to enjoy the single life even though I have been single for over a year and a half. Realizing that I can make it on my own is a real revelation, lol. I mean I still bum from my mom but in another few months I will be more independent. Holidays can be downers alone so I try not to be alone too much if I can help it. My job has really helped me with the lonliness and my meetings, church and grief share. I am recovering in many ways. Accepting the fact that I am not ready for something serious in this stage is helping me to mature. CS helps me to be social and not isolate but meeting people on the outside is becoming more prevalent. Finances has me strapped down from getting out as much as I would like to and the weather has an effect on movement. My vulnerability is changing from the grief state to just normal vulnerbility. I am a long way from normal but I feel like a caterpillar coming out of a long hibernation in the metamorphisis.
Have you ever tried to drive and read one of those big maps? The map is on the steering wheel and it is hard to see the windshield. You are trying to fold it and the damn thing flies out the window.
I remember having this map and looking at it upside down. I have read the map and still got lost. I have asked for directions and couldn't remember what they said. Having a map is not always helpful.
RE: Hello to all
It is nice to make your acquaintance.Roy