Habitualchaos

Something very thoughtful and great happened to me Wednesday, and despite that I thanked my girlfriend for it most, if not all, of that night (and Im not talking about anything sexual, even though I should thank her all the time for that too)... I am gonna fill everyone in (all prolly half a dozen of you that actually grace this site) on exactly what happened.

Riding my mountain bike is something very important to me, as many of you might know... it represents not only a good form of exercise and means to keep dropping weight, but is simply something I love to do. This week had been a little rough about going, as (and Im not complaining a single, solitary shred) I spent Monday night in my girlfriends company, so we could paint her bedroom... and Tuesday was a no-go cause of shitty Ohio weather conditions.

I should also mention at this time, my sister was back in the hospital for some abdominal problem that doctors were still trying to nail down.

Was looking forward to catching a ride Wednesday, cause the weather broke a little and it seemed good for a ride. That was until my mom called, and reminded me the Doobie Bros. concert I bought my Dad tickets for (for Fathers Day) was that night... and they were thinking of skipping it cause with my sister still in the hospital, and someone needed to watch the kids. The reason they were thinking of skipping was my mom knowing how uncomfortable I am sometimes about watching the kids... but as uncomfortable I might have been, theres not a chance in Hell Id let my Dad miss that concert cause 1) he really likes the Doobie Bros. and 2) it was a gift to him.

Of course, one thought that ran into my head was there goes my ride for the evening. Id informed my lady about the situation... asking if she wanted to come over and leep me company while I watched the kids. She called me back, shortly after I got home, to ask me about any dinner plans, what to get, etc... and then suggested something that, as I mentioned before, I thanked her for all evening.

She said she was gonna come over and keep an eye on the boys, so I could go out for a ride that night... because I didnt go Monday, Tuesday cause of weather, prolly not Thursday cause we were gonna go look at Jeeps and I dont usually on Friday cause I go out to dinner with friends. That would be 5 consecutive days without riding, and she thought of me and suggested this. I didnt want to be stuck with boys while I was trapsing around the woods for an hour, so I made several attempts to talk her out of it, unsuccessful attempts.

Now Ive had people do thoughtful things for me, but this one meant so much. Weve only known each other, technically, 3 months and she was willing to do that for me... it was absolutely wonderful, just as wonderful as she is , not only suggesting it in the first place, for doing that for me. I would do things like that for her in a heartbeat, which she mentioned... but it, nonetheless, floored me that she wanted to do that. As Ive mentioned a couple times already, I thanked for that most of, if not all, the evening that night! It meant so much I wanted to mention it here... for whoever reads it!

I hope what Ive written here does justice to what she did for me... cause it was a wonderful gesture that I will not ever forget. I hope everyone has someone in their life - family, friend or lover - that would do things like that for them, cause its a great feeling.

This past Sunday, my buddies from Nashbar had their company picnic over at Kennywood; the same place they had it last year. I wasnt all that impressed with the park last year, since it seems to be the less cool, 2nd-cousin of Cedar Point... but even last year, it was a good way to spend a day that I prolly wouldnt have done much anyway.

Admittedly I wasnt, at first, exactly thrilled this years picnic was at Kennywood... but this years trip was different, and delightfully different at that. This was the first year I took someone with me to the annual company picnic of a place Ive never worked for... someone whom you have 3 guesses to figure out, and the first two guesses dont count.

Give up? Fine then dumbass... guess I'll just have to give you this one. I cant believe you couldnt figure out it was my s-weeeee-theart, my significant other, my lovely girlfriend Jennifer Hart. Wasnt sure how the day would play out, simply because the ride their saw my car sickness hit me pretty hard... to the point I wasnt sure Id be able to ride anything while we were there. Thankfully I was wrong, and when I stepped out of my car... I got progressively better as we walked into the park.

Even with my hesitation with the picnic being at Kennywood... this past Sunday ranks as one of the best times Ive had at an amusement park in a long, long time. Even with the limited ride selection, and the short thunderstorm that hit... it was such a good day. Looking back, theres only one difference between my time last year at Kennywood and this years visit... and that difference would be my girlfriend, Jenn.

Just as I told her, for that entire day you couldnt beat the smile off my face with a stick. I cant explain it, it was just such a good feeling all day... walking around with my friends, and especially he; it just made the day such a good one. I even got to give her, her first amusement park-won stuffed animal... in the form of a, at least, 2-foot tall Gizmo the Mogwai. For those who dont know who he is... first youre a dumbass, and then hes the cute little main character of the movies Gremlins and Gremlins 2: The New Batch. It was worth the $6 I paid in amusement park games to see the smile on her face... even though I couldnt duplicate that stroke of luck to get myself a 2-foot Stripe, the Gremlin.

I hope Im doing that day justice with my description... but I hope it helps to say this past Sunday was such a very very very very very very great day.