Lemons and Sugar

We manage travelling because it's a serious passion for both of us. Fortunately, I discovered early that life is too short to be put off until tomorrow. Ya know? I used to plan vacations and moves and stuff all the time. I worked through so many vacations, birthdays, weddings, funerals, and parties in my teens and early 20's. I spent my late 20's buying fucking bike parts, going to naked fests, drunken fests and 'oh my god, my right to live to ride is going to be taken away' meetings that I had no money or time left over for anything I truly wanted to do. Now mind you, I met wonderful people (such as yourself) and have seen enough boobs and balls to give me a discriminating eye. So I have no regrets and am thankful that I have since made the decision to put my wants first. Luckily I found someone with like interests. Do you know that John and I had no like interests? I can't remember one. I loved to ride the bike. I wanted to ride the bike to SOMEWHERE other than a bar. John was afraid to be alone and away from his riding buddies. John had no opinion of his own. Everything he liked was because someone he admired (and I use that word loosely) was into it. (e.g. Motorcycles, hunting, shooting pool, being an ABATE officer, his music choices, even his job in the A/C business.) He had no friends before we met except Tony. I always wondered who he was and what he wanted out of life. We never discussed it. Strange that we marry people we don't know. Sometimes we discover we never know them and other times we discover we never wanted to know them. I'm glad I experienced John. Our marriage was a catalyst for so much in my life. On the other hand, I don't believe I would have lost out had we not married. But once again, there are so many people I would have not known and I would regret that. Strange how life works. Lemons and sugar.