TLDR

I like you a lot, so having a larger role in your life would make for an ultrafun 2023 for me!

Your Message

You

How is your knee doing? Did you end up running that race, and if so, how did you feel? The Rock & Roll detour signs are getting prepped in my neighborhood. Are you going to run that? Or, is that more like "Just a single marathon on pavement? PFFT, too easy!"?

Me

My 2023 plans are ultra flexible, but this is what I have thus far... too many Southwest miles to use, so more flying and less driving:

• a snow trip, in order of ambition: Whistler, Tahoe, a friend in Wisconsin, Flagstaff, Sunrise
• July-ish, a 2-4 week trip around Mt. Baker or maybe Glacier
• playing in the AZ mountains & lakes a week or two at a time - bikepacking will be the new thing for me to try this year

KISS: Keep It Simple, Silly 😘

For the most part, I'll keep it simple by focusing on my home & garden. I've been toiling away at my digital home (this site). It's super simple & silly but it's a start. I have a little bit of polish to apply to FotoLog before I bug you for your opinion there.

It's scary putting yourself out there. After considering some frameworks for a personal site/blog, I decided to go with something more home grown using parceljs.org to stitch together some html templates and bundle the js & css. I wanted something that harkened back to the olden days of the web: html, some non-critical javascript, and perhaps a server-side endpoint or two. My great nephews & neice are 7-13 years old, so I want to be able to have a story that is accessible to them in case they're like "Uncle, how'd you do that? How do I do that?" If there's a spark, I'd like to help fuel their fire.

Duty Before Desire

I'm planning to help my ex-wife move back to Brazil in February. Part of my motivation is fun & adventure: I haven't traveled abroad in close to 4 years. Plus, I never experienced Carnival, not even a Fat Tuesday here in the US. Lots of noise, drinking, and dancing is not my jam but I feel like I should give it the ol' college try. The main reason I'm doing it is out of a sense of duty. I'm not proud of how I handled some aspects of our divorce, nothing egregious, but embarrassing nonetheless.

Doing things out of duty is a ghost that has haunted me most of my life. I've been working towards reducing my responsibilities and focusing on myself, but I worry that I'm being selfish and that I will end up alienating too many people. As a woman, a wife, a mom, and someone from Japan, I bet you're LOL'ing when someone like me is complaining about doing things out of duty, ne? :)

セグエ

I tried to keep this short-ish. There's always plenty for us to chat about. I'd love to hear more about you but I worry of prying too much. I have to admit that I'm struggling to calibrate how to engage with you. I've had a crush on you since we worked for Bob Babrah at Blah Blawgix, but I never acted on my feelings because doing the right thing trumps all. I hope that doesn't make you uncomfortable. I know you have your own duties & desires to tend to. I don't want you to feel pressured or obligated to respond. I don't want to give you unwanted attention, so let me know if this is too much.

I promise that you will never owe me anything: your time, explanations, etc. At our age, time becomes more precious. I have my insecurities but jealousy is not one of them. Even though you are outta my league, I would never worry about how you spend your time. I consider myself a humble worm and you a beautiful song bird. The simple worm does not question the beautiful bird, but instead fears and simultaneously celebrates her. To be of service to a more noble cause is all a worm such as me can hope for.

More to come if you desire...