Higgy
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Summer's Lament
Higgy checking in. Been a while since I posted anything. I hope you all haven't forgot me. Summer has got me in a whirl.
I retired early, but I am busier now than I ever have been in my whole life. Its amazing how big of a bite of that proverbial sandwich someone can take and still manage to chew it a little bit before he has to swallow and take another bite. This summer has been nuts. House renovations and additions, buying new property, and taking care of it all is a huge chore - one of which I get very little help. My nephew, Spencer drives up and helps me once a week, but I feel like I'm working his arse off, and I don't want to be the uncle known to always be tasking you with something that you dont want to do - I want to be the uncle that my family wants to come visit. So while I do have him help meon simple stuff, like help me lift this, or we'll put a new tranny in a tractor, or split some firewood, I will also take him out back and we'll shoot an old computer to bits and pieces to blow off steam.
My wife works very hard. Yep, she is still working, and probably will until she is 65 (we're only 57 now). She has an excellent position at the hospital, so its a sure thing for her to ride it out and grab the brass ring in a few years. Consequently, I get very little help. Consequently, this creates the lamentations derived from no joy.
Joy = treasure hunting
I can't afford to break away much but come Monday, I'm going to get out to an old quarry where people have been jumping into it for about 100 years. I'm so much into treasure diving, I could care less about swinging my Deus right now... not that I even have the time. I'd like to find something worth all of my effort, and with every target signal, I pray for a gold ring. No gold this year!
Anyway, thanks for listening to me complain. I hope that many of you are having a better season than me. Cheers, God Bless, and Good Luck to you all!
Higgy checking in. Been a while since I posted anything. I hope you all haven't forgot me. Summer has got me in a whirl.
I retired early, but I am busier now than I ever have been in my whole life. Its amazing how big of a bite of that proverbial sandwich someone can take and still manage to chew it a little bit before he has to swallow and take another bite. This summer has been nuts. House renovations and additions, buying new property, and taking care of it all is a huge chore - one of which I get very little help. My nephew, Spencer drives up and helps me once a week, but I feel like I'm working his arse off, and I don't want to be the uncle known to always be tasking you with something that you dont want to do - I want to be the uncle that my family wants to come visit. So while I do have him help meon simple stuff, like help me lift this, or we'll put a new tranny in a tractor, or split some firewood, I will also take him out back and we'll shoot an old computer to bits and pieces to blow off steam.
My wife works very hard. Yep, she is still working, and probably will until she is 65 (we're only 57 now). She has an excellent position at the hospital, so its a sure thing for her to ride it out and grab the brass ring in a few years. Consequently, I get very little help. Consequently, this creates the lamentations derived from no joy.
Joy = treasure hunting
I can't afford to break away much but come Monday, I'm going to get out to an old quarry where people have been jumping into it for about 100 years. I'm so much into treasure diving, I could care less about swinging my Deus right now... not that I even have the time. I'd like to find something worth all of my effort, and with every target signal, I pray for a gold ring. No gold this year!
Anyway, thanks for listening to me complain. I hope that many of you are having a better season than me. Cheers, God Bless, and Good Luck to you all!
Last year a buddy asked me how it was going. I stated that all I seemed to be doing is running around trying to put out the fires. He put his hand on my shoulder and kindly replied " I think your just going around setting them" That one statement really struck home as I realized that I was just putting too much on the plate and having the expectations of getting all the tasks done. I'm one year behind in what my expectations of completed tasks would be at right now.
I can understand the interest in detecting and having the time or lack of having the time. I do try to take a short break now once a week to get a fix in, sand it seems to be a nice carrot for myself in this busy life. I'm jealous that you can exploit your Nephews help once a week. 
