Habitualchaos

What would be enough to drag your friendly neighborhood bald, sarcasm-machine out of a 44 day disappearance? What exactly?

Would a weekend trip to Atlantic City be enough? Seems not, since I got back from that exact place almost two weeks ago and havent shared squat with any of you. Would the fact Ive gotten off my lazy ass and started biking again, since its starting to get nicer be enough? Seems not, since Ive been on a few rides lately and havent shared squat with you.

So youre probably still wondering exactly what would bring me out of this 44 day slump, since I havent gotten to the point yet?! So what exactly? Im sure you could guess, considering the subject of this post, but Im gonna keep my dream that youre actually wondering alive for as long as I possibly can; so you either actually want to hear the story, or have left already and it doesnt matter if I keep typing or not.

Well I think, after financing just over 16 grand a little over a month ago for the before mentioned red convertible and being forced to drop an additional $850 into it, only a month after the bank let me start paying them for it would be a decent reason. Yeah, thats right... a little over a month after getting this car, I was forced to drop $850 into it to replace the entire convertible top on it; because all the stitching was (scuse' me honey) fucking rotting out.

As you can see above, and hopefully tell, that is a picture of my convertible top. And Im sure you see my hand which, allow me to be specific, you might be able to tell is me putting my finger through the lining of the back window. That was the worst spot, the spot that required me, upon advice of a convertible top specialist, to entirely replace that top. Couldnt be sufficiently fixed, had to be replaced.

I wont bore you with all the juicy details, mainly cause most of you probably left after me dancing around, and not getting to the point earlier. And for those of you who are still here, Im still not gonna into the juicy details, cause I dont have to and it would just make this post that much longer.

Sufficed to say, I went a little back and forth with the dealership, even though I was "technically" over the warranty period they gave me. Obviously reluctantly, they did give me a little money towards the top. It wasnt exactly what I wanted, but enough that I didnt want to puch the matter and run the risk of them taking it back. What theyre giving me also doesnt make it exactly $850 I had to pay for it, but that number sounded more dramatic; and I wanted to keep your attention as much as possible, since I dont really talk about anything interesting anymore.

After its all said and done, a few hundred dollars later, the top is fixed and I get to enjoy my (relatively) new baby while the weathers getting better. One of the guys at the place that fixed it said I should not put the top down for a few days, to let it settle and stretch. I havent decided if Im gonna listen to him or not, as it isnt a set in stone requirement to not put the top down, as much as it is just to prolong its life or something.

Itll be tough, but hopefully I will update you all before the next 44 days, if I threw caution to the wind and lived dangerously by not listening to the convertible top expert guy.

Seeing as I was a little busy yesterday, I didnt actually have a chance to say anything; but being busy, not having my laptop with me and essentially being without internet at home will do that sometimes.

Yesterday, April 16th, my lovely girlfriend Jenn and I celebrated having spent one year together. Well, I should elaborate that since both of us (not just me ladies) have, technically, forgotten the actual day we made it official... we decided to celebrate the day we met as our anniversary, hence yesterday we celebrated a year together; oddly enough it also being Easter.

Looking back, its still a little surreal to me. Ive said this to her plenty of times, that there were days I honestly thought Id never get to experience what I have experienced for the past year. I never truly believed Id never see a day where I could love someone and be loved in return, but there were days I honestly had doubts, and thought what if I never get to?! Lucky for me, Jenn saw (or sees) something in me she thought shed like, and "winked" at me through our profiles on Match.com; because I could potentially be still sitting somewhere on my own, still to this day, wondering whats wrong with me that I, it seems, couldnt be happy.

And I am happy, let me be clear on that.

As sappy as its obviously gonna sound, there isnt a day that goes by I dont walk into our townhouse, look at a picture of her, or watch her sleeping that I dont wonder how I got so lucky. Through the good and the bad, just knowing shes out there thinking of me makes me smile. Theres so many things a lot of you people in relationships take for granted, that I am basically experiencing for the first time (yeah, sex is one of them)... its such an exciting experience and Im really enjoying the ride thus far.

Im not gonna run through all my thanks here... but Ive told them all to her, which is all that matters, I dont need to reiterate them here. Its all summed up just saying that I am happy... Im happy I met her, Im happy Im with her, Im happy she puts up with me, Im happy to see what the future holds.

Finally, in a romantic sense and subsequently in my personal life, I am happy. Thank you baby! I can wait to see what the next 365 days brings.