Joe and . . .

Joe’s road is finally fixed. About time too. HUGE event headed his way.

Catherine and . . .

Catherine is moving east for a period to see if her L.D.R. will actually be worth a permanent move east. L.D.R. = long distance relationship. She and the LDR have been an item now for 4½ years and they need to move to the next step. Best wishes Catherine.

Erin and . . .

Erin is driving me batshit crazy this visit. There is no down time for her this time and she never relents.

Tori and . . .

I haven’t seen much of Tori lately. She’s leaving tomorrow for Denver. Drive safe.

Nina and . . .

Nina is under the weather, but she’s making me take her to dinner anyway. I guess she’s wishing to contaminate others than family. What a giver!

Finally, me.

I’m bored. Maybe I do need a motorcycle. Dennis thinks I need one. Nina says it will make me a better lover. Tori thinks I look thinner when I sit on a bike. Erin says “do it Pake!” Rebecca feels that I need that tan model. (Harley sales chick) Jeannie wonders if I have her in my will. (no) Andy wants to borrow it. (no) Mom just says NO!

I know I shouldn’t be bored, I have a lot on my plate, but it’s so routine nowadays. I spent 3 hours in Vegas yesterday with the lodger’s tax board solving the problems of the county and we moved into solving problems for the forest service to boot. We decided to try and form a joint agency to promote tourism in the county’s forest service lands. The forest service is currently unaware of this plan. This should be fun.

My joint lodger’s tax agenda has moved to new heights. We’ve spent $240,000 dollars already on this and we still have $60,000 available for the remainder of this year. I’m thinking new Jeep Grand Cherokee with the county and city joint tourism logo on the side to justify me driving the Jeep on the government’s dime. Hey, it’s the city’s money, so it should be fine with the county, right?

See . . . routine. I need excitement in my life now. Maybe an affair rather than a motorcycle? If Nina finds out, a motorcycle would be safer. Maybe I just need a vacation. A trip to southern Europe in January sounds great. I could rent a motorcycle and tour Italy and other countries in that area. Africa? Safari? Killing big animals?

Shit.

Republicans and democrats are just different cheeks of the same ass.