Thu Mar 26, 8:28 AM

Sitting her on my couch...debating whether to go skiing today or tomorrow...two feet of fresh snow overnight, with more on the way...
Spring started last Friday, and then winter came back a day later...hahahaa..it's like a big joke...keep moving..

La La La lalalalalalalalala

So, with all this time on my hands I have been repainting my bike. Putting new brake pads on my wife's bike. Sleeping a lot, and planning stuff.


My bike is almost done, the fenders, and side covers are finished. All I need to do now is a final coat of paint on the tank, and two layers of clear coat...so probably 3 or 4 days...then comes the sanding, and buffing...
Also since we are moving across the entire effing country, and all of my family lives in the south west United States, they are throwing a big family get together.
Also, my cousin is getting married in the middle of May, in Phoenix. So...basically I am planning a 10 day motorcycle trip, before we drive across the entire effing country.

Starting in Salt Lake City, going to Las Vegas for a couple of days, then down to Phoenix for about 3 days, over to San Diego for a day or two, up to my parents in the High Desert, then back to Vegas for a night, before our final destination of SLC...then two days later we leave for Vermont...you can take a breath now.

Food, motorcycles, and inspiration.

In short, food is an amazing way to enjoy life...just not too much.
Motorcycles are comparable to food, but on a different plain entirely.
Both are inspiring...and evoke artistic creativity.

(Note) will be updating this later with more..

Lots of time...

Having a lot of time on my hands gives me time to think...a lot.
Being unemployed is an interesting state of being. Sure, I am sending out my resume, and applying for just about any job I can find; yet this free time is nice also.
I don't really do much. I am mostly just looking at online employment sites.
It has also given me time to do things I have missed while working. Basically spending more time with my two dogs, and catching up on cleaning around here. I was bored one day, so I bought a bunch of spray paint, and decided to re-paint my motorcycle...it is still in process...but is coming along.
I have been catching up on reading the ride reports at ADVrider, those are always inspiring.
Busy planning our trip down to Phoenix for my cousin's wedding, of course it will be a six day motorcycle trip, with a stop in Las Vegas...oh and if you are ever in Vegas, go to the NYNY hotel and have dinner at Nine Fine Irishmen, it is a great Irish pub setting, with traditional Irish cuisine, and a great beer selection.
I actually have a slightly funny story about the first time we went there.
We were on our week long vacation to Zion/Bryce canyon national parks, and spent the weekend before in Las Vegas. My parents were driving up from CA, and it happened to be that Sarah's mom was going to be in Vegas with her boyfriend for some marketing conference. So, we all went to dinner there...it was interesting. I am Irish, and of course so is my father, and so is Linda's (Sarah's mom) boyfriend...it must have been fate.

Anyway...looking for a job in this economy sucks ass...
That is all for now..

I am lost?

So...you know how we have been all excited about purchasing a house, and the new job etc...well....
I have,I guess, been laid off. The restaurant is doing horribly, so they can not afford to pay me my salary. I can't say I didn't partly see it coming, considering how slow business has been over the last two months. Example: Yesterday we made a whole 200 dollars for the day...if this was an isolated incident it would be ok, but it is not. There have been many days like this.
Technically I am not fired, I have agreed to stay on for hourly pay, a much lower rate though. I guess it is better than nothing at all, but not by much.

What does this mean? Well the house we were looking at is not a financially smart decision anymore, unless I find a position within the next week or two that is comparable to what I had been promised.
If that doesn't happen, then we are most likely going to live out our lease until the end of May, and maybe move to Vermont.

All I have to say is that it is a good thing I am the kind of person who just takes life as it comes.

A sweet deal

Or at least I hope...we just put an offer on a house in Heber City, UT.
With the market today, and the fact that the house has been on the market for about a year, we offered 20% below the asking price...we will see what happens now....If all goes well we will be closing by the end of March.
Just in time for riding season...

In the End

In the end, I have decided to take this new job.
It will be good, it comes with a nice salary, room for growth, and 10% ownership of the business in 3 years.
It will be good.
We have decided to buy a house in Heber City Utah, stay for a few years, and then sell when the market is better.
After that we will most likely move to the Burlington Vermont to be closer to Sarah's mother, and sister. Her dad passed a few years ago, so we think it would be good to be closer as her mother ages...also her sister isn't the most reliable human being.
Yet as we make these plans we know that change is always possible. So nothing is set in stone, they are tentative plans that we can only hope for. We will take it as it comes.

On another note, I have decided I want to purchase a HD Sportster sometime in the next year or so. New or used it does not matter.
Not for any other reason than I think they look nice.
No I am not getting rid of my Virago, just adding on.


The snow is still falling, so riding is not in the near future. Probably will be about two months. Which is just in time for a more advanced rider course...hopefully they will actually have some to take this time around.