Having been a fan of yours for a few years and believe it or not -paying attention. I’ve actually been surprised to see your recent trips since you’re always so dang busy this time of year. I was going to comment on that last month but figured it’d be better letting sleeping dogs lie. Lol
Well damn Mike, maybe it’s not a bad thing to take a break for a bit once you get past your sons project. And if time allows and you want some AZ sunshine, I have no doubt Paco, myself and a few others down this way would welcome you with open arms.
Thanks Cam, I appreciate that. I'm assuming you mean my lack of trips lately seeing as how our last time out was back in October.
And yes, historically I'm usually quite busy this time of year because when we were running our business I knew we didn't travel between November and the first part of March so I usually booked myself with work to keep busy and money flowing in which usually assisted with the year's traveling. That being said, since closing down our business in January 2017 and a couple of years of getting the house, yard and shop setup to my liking I think I'm getting to the point of wanting to slow down a bit.
My wife apologized to me that I didn't make it out into the shop over the weekend but I told her no need to apologize, it was my idea to go for a drive and I enjoyed the day perfectly. Had I wanted to work in the shop over the weekend I could have very easily but I was more concerned about spending some quality time with my wife.
I am also to the point that I have been wanting to spend more time with my wife. Not to get too deep or too philosophical, but after my son moved out last June I was nervous about how my wife and I would get along because for 27+ years of our 30 years of marriage our son was front and center in our lives. I was worried that now after all this time and without our son there that maybe she wouldn't like spending time with me anymore but it has turned out to be the exact opposite. I think we have actually grown closer to one another and want to be around each other more and more.
We talked about how nice it is going to be when just the two of us can hop in the coach and take off with only a mere thought of destination and plan the route as we go. Now that seems to be about all I can think about.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my shop and how nice it is to work in it but it seems lately that the shop isn't the main focus like it has been for the past nearly 30 years of marriage and working.
As for trips this year, maybe some of the lack of planning and delay in making arrangements has been due to my MIL's health issues. We generally have the majority of our trips for the year planned out by December or so of the previous year but upon talking over the weekend my wife and I have come to the realization that we may never travel with my in-laws again.
Also, that may be part of my thinking about why I want to spend so much time traveling and being with my wife because seeing what they are going through it makes you realize just how short and how precious life really is. I lost my parents many years ago but maybe it's more prevalent to me now because I am older and I would like to think maybe a little wiser to things.
As for coming to Arizona Cam, my wife and I have talked that Sedona is definitely on our list of destinations as I hear there is some awesome off-roading in the area.
