Most of my blogs, are about me. Sorry, this one is also about me. Next week, I promise I will write about my lovely wife, cause it's her birthday. Truth is, she is my favorite subject to write about. But this one is another one about me.
If you are going to be a novelist, you need to write about things that are interesting. And things that are heroic in nature. Things that are poetic. Things that are interesting to a large group. If you choose to write things that only interest yourself, you most likely will starve, unless you already are independently wealthy. I figure if I was to feed my family, by writing in my blog, I would start a new trendy diet. One look at me and you can tell, I'm not a novelist.
The bloggers diet. It doesn't taste as good as diet coke, but it is much more effective.
Warning, I'm about to go into whine mode. Life has been 95% disappointment for me, lately. I know that I shouldn't complain and I know that I should be loosing my life in the service of others. Very good advice and I would be lying, if I said that I didn't need work in that area.
Let me tell you a little about my life, lately, and why I have spent so much time, feeling sorry for my self. There is a happy ending, so you may just want to stick around to the end.
Here is a example of why I complain. Friday night, my grandson came over to visit, while my son and daughter in law went to a movie. Were was I? Working my second job. I haven't seen my grandson in over two weeks. Seven days with out Jackson, makes one weak.
Thursday, a trip to the oral surgeon, were I expected to hear "lets set your appointment for the implant for a month from now". I'm missing one of my front teeth and spend a lot of time, holding back on my smile, because I'm embarrassed. Instead, I hear "let's schedule ex-rays for a month from now, and then we can think about an implant.
Yesterday, was the trip to Lagoon (the local amusement park I talked about). You think that I could have a good time. Oh no, not me.
We had a great Chinese lunch before we went to the park. I couldn't eat most of it because of my teeth. The rice was good, but its just not fair to watch everyone else enjoy sesame chicken.
The very first ride we went on, we got soaking wet. Most hot summer days, that would have been welcome, but it was cool and cloudy.
Almost dry, we went on the log flume. Because we had so much weight in the log, we got soaked to the bone, again.
My company did buy the tickets and provided a dinner. After dinner, my ulcer started acting up, and my kids who came with me and Shar, Michelle and Matthew, really wanted to go on the rocket. I don't have to describe a ride, with the name, the rocket, too convince you that It was not a good idea to mix a bad stomach with 4.8 g"s. The food all stayed in, with the help of a diet coke. But now I have to lick my diet coke habit, all over again.
Matt and Michelle are ride crazy. For them it's the wilder, the better. They went on the new ride, wicked, twice and enjoyed being up front the best. The first time they road on it, Shar and I, stood around and waited to see them on the ride. Each time a car would go by, we would look for our kids. After about twenty cars, there was the one with my kids on it, grinning from ear to ear. That was definitely part of the 5%, good.
I'm leaving out most of the really bad experiences. I figure, you the reader, have endured enough. For me, the good stuff happened at the end of the night. Every time, that I have gone to Lagoon, since they opened up the drag racing attraction, I have wanted to race. I have also been too cheap to do it. It cost $12.00 to go down the track, three times. I know thats not a lot money, but I don't do much spending, on myself.
My loving bride, insisted that I do it. I think that she worries that, as I get older, I will stay grumpy, forever. I went, I rode, I conquered.
Not only was it the best twelve dollars I ever spent, but I also confirmed something about myself that has been bugging me for a while. I like what I like.
It took only fifteen minutes, in a fake race car to but a smile back on my face. I can't say how long it will last, but it feels like it will be a long time before I will need an infusion of Boydness.I hope that it will last till Janurary, when I will get to push Jackson around Disney Land and spend a week with my most favorite people in the whole world. My family. That includes you mom, so get feeling better.
Now that's my world. And I came up with a new word, "Boydness". Spell check may not like it, but I do.
Love ya all - Boyd
P.S., I forgot my camera, so I had too get my pictures off of lagoons web site. I'm a good photographer, but I could never take those shots, because of the time delay on my camera.
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