Leelanau Whippersnapper

Well it’s been quite a while since I’ve written here.  Suffice to say it’s been crazy busy lately.  With all the visitors at the end of last month and just a crazy ass schedule at work, it has been very hard to find the time to write lately.  Things are beginning to pick up now to the frenzy level.  I need to find an apartment/condo soon so that I can finalize a new lease within the first couple weeks of August.  Got an email from the current landlord today, her recent showing of the house was largely good however it looks like Jirar and I will have to rip out the carpet in the basement.  It would appear that she was less than impressed by the smell of cat pee coming from the basement.  The little one (K.D.) learned a bad habit this past year from a visiting cat I would think and has taken to marking in some areas of the basement.  The deal when we moved in here was that the security deposit would be waived but we would be largely responsible for any sort of damage caused by either ourselves or our animals.  We were not asked to replace the floor coverings, only get rid of the smelly stuff and wash down the concrete under it to remove the odor.  In all, I’m willing to accept the task of doing so but Jirar won’t be let off the hook.  It will happen when he is home.

It’s also time to move forward with renting a dumpster quite soon.  I will wait until we rip out the carpet but at this point I can easily fill up a dumpster with random crap that can not be donated and that I have to get rid of.  I have no idea what the cost will be yet but I would guess it has to be cheaper than hauling the stuff to the dump and paying the tipping fees there which are out of control.  I packed up the office with the exception of my computer the other day and managed to whittle down a lot of that shit to a few boxes.  It’s just amazing how much shit you accumulate over the years that you use for a while and then shove to the back of the closet.  Good to finally go through it I guess.  I’m starting a new chapter in my life, it will be nice to do so without all kinds of random baggage hanging on.

I went golfing with Dad the other day.  I managed to keep the ball in the air most of the time but it was no use, both of us scored well over par and it was a pretty easy course.  That was the first outing that Dad and I will be having this summer, our goal is to play once a month until the season is over.  We got off to a late start.

I have posted new pictures to leelanauphotography.com in the past couple weeks and I intend to post more as I can find the time.  I had been meaning to post this picture below on the blog but had not found the time to do it.  I am posting it full size becuase it makes and excellent background image for your desktop.  Click on the picture and it will open full size, once it’s open right click your mouse and select “use as desktop background” and it will magically be put on your desktop!  Enjoy!

Well it’s been a little while since I’ve written.  What can I say, this is the busy season at work right now.  OK, I’ve also had the house to myself and have had nothing to bitch about on that front.  Anyhow, I was explaining to an old friend today that we’ve made the transition from red-neck-ville to I’m-better-than-you-ville.  Believe it or not, I like the second one better than the first.  Finally, people shopping who wear all their clothes and who have all their teeth.  They snap, whistle, and whip hostilities through the air but at least I can’t smell them coming a mile away!!!  I’ll trade arragonce for meth-head stupidity any day.  To say the last work has been CRAZY busy.  Sad thing is, it’s only 3/4 as busy as it was this time last year.  With gas now at a whopping $4.12 a gallon out here in Leelanau, NOBODY is going anywhere unless they have to.  I spend a good 1/3 of my day on the phone with people who are price shopping becuase they only want to drive to one place to get their shit.  You know, I hate gas prices too but Jesus Christ, I don’t sit at home all day and make phone calls to plan my shopping visits.   I don’t know, I, being a good little consumer, just know where to shop and how to shop.  Guess that comes from working in retail.  Maybe it comes from being gay.

The personal life has been interesting lately.  Seems I’ve been the only one lately with his shit together.  Whether it’s regarding money or regarding what to do with my life, I got it going on right now and I’m pretty darn happy with my life.  I’m not real happy with some of the things that have gone on in the past year but you know what, I’ll survive and I’ll get over my sorrow about some of the things and people I’ve lost and I’ll move on.  There is a HUGE difference in how I am dealing with this vs. how I might have dealt with it 10 years ago.  I’m a much happier person now than I was then.  I’m also much more sure of myself and my position in life.  I guess that comes with age.  I had my “mid-life” crisis when I was in my early 20’s.  I got it out of the way really fucking early.  I’m glad too becuase it’s a LOT easier to enjoy life when you are not carrying around so much fucking angst.

OK, that’s it for now.  I’ve got to get some other things done tonight.  I’ll leave you with another random picture.