news ...& news

hello everyone. a short note on the latest. today i finally bought that new battery for my motorcycle. had it charged, brought it home and with a little more gas got her started. well then with much apprehension i took her down to the shop to see if i needed a new charger system on my bike. last fall the battery i had went kaput and i swore it was a new battery last spring. so i inquired why it expired on me and they said it might be my charging system not working. so i parked her for the winter. no point in investing in October when she was sittin within a month anyways. so a couple days ago i called the shop and asked IF it was the charging system, what would be the worst case scenario. answer=900 smackaroos. Yikes! no way in hell was i putting that much money into her again. so needless to say i was extremely apprehensive about takin' her down there today. well lo & behold. the charging system is just fine. not a damn thing wrong with her. it took a whole 5mins to learn this. i was ready to sell if that much more money was to be invested. i have other plans with my money this year. nothin, not even my bike, was stoppin' me this time. well now i don't have to sell her. i had even called another young man yesterday to see if he wanted her. he said he'd call me back in a couple days. i was practically giving it away when i chatted with him. well today i called and told him the prognosis. IF he really wants it and meets my price, i'll probably sell it to him, however, it didn't sound good when i did talk to him. so i think i'll be keeping her....
after the shop visit, i rode to the park to meet up with Marsha & Madison. haven't seen her in a couple weeks i think now and we all know how much i enjoy her....btw, if i haven't mentioned, one reason i enjoy her so much is because i haven't had lots of opportunities to hang out with kids in my life for various reasons. Madison more than enough makes up of that....anyways, Marsha had told me she had news for me when i got there. something she had to tell me in person so she could see the expression on my face. well i of course thought iit was an engagement announcement for her & Jim, but it wasnt'. what the news is, is Madison will have a new baby brother or sister by this fall. shocked as hell was i, and still am. so's Marsha. not that we don't look forward to another baby, we question the timing at the moment for mom & dad at the moment. we know there's nothing we can do about it and we will have a drink later to help it sink in some more. so we talked about how for sure it will take 2 of us now to take them to the park and watch out for them. one for each of us this time. Goodness. and that's the news for day! news & news!
spring is here. it was a BEAUTIFUL day for riding. it was a beautiful day at the park with Madison. (she even twisted my arm a few times and got me to ride down the slide>>>lol) i need more days like this. more adventures with both. and so it will be in the days to come...