I often wonder if it is clinically possible to be afflicted with both OCD and ADD at the same time. If it is then I believe that I have both. Yes, I know that they are both treatable diseases but I find it entertaining even if no one else does. For example my OCD will not allow me to go to sleep with the closet door open however my ADD allows me to ignore the pile of clothing I have to step across just to get to the closet door and close it. I am sure my wife could point to several other examples of my often bizarre behavior that I am not even aware of.
Now my ADD is blatantly more significant and obvious than my OCD. This is quite apparent in number of hobbies that I seem to bounce back and forth between. And, as I am writing this my ADD has me looking for...
Friday, September 28, 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Athens or bust!
Mari and I took off for Athens Ga. last Thursday to see our good friends Dave and Melissa tie the knot. Little did we know what waited for us just down the road. Twenty minutes out of Orlando it became quite obvious that it was not going to be a fun drive. Never mind the fact that I had just spent 4 hours in car from Naples to Orlando only to pick Mari up and continue north to the great state of Georgia.
Most of you know that I spend a lot of time in my truck. I have driven through all kinds of weather, been held up by rubber necking onlookers, and suffered numerous flat tires and dead batteries. With all of this mind, I have to say that the thunder storms we drove through were the absolute worst I have ever driven through. We later found out that the storm spawned numerous tornadoes in the area and damaged parts of my home away from home, Eustis. We found this little tid bit out the next day from watching the Today Show. Numerous phone calls quickly followed to make certain that our friends and my boat stored in Eustis were all OK. Thankfully all survived and Mari and I were once again on our way to Athens.
Once in Athens, we quickly found lunch and mounted up on the bikes to tour the town. We were both hoping to find a traffic free area to log some miles but instead wound up riding in circles around the UGA campus in search of flat land. Mari is still new to the whole biking deal and the hills were a bit of a shock but I am proud of her for forging ahead. As we were travelling around campus, I was trying to relay our intended path to Mari in order to give her plenty of time to choose a safe path. At one point I mentioned that we head up a path "where all of the kids are walking down". Immediately following this comment I realized that I am in fact getting old. Since when did college students become in my mind "kids". We had a good laugh over this.
Later in the evening we joined our friends for drinks and a concert at the Georgia theater where I was again reminded of my ever increasing age.
Saturday brought Dave and Melissa's wedding and great day! Their wedding was held in a beautiful Frank Lloyd Wright-ish chapel nestled in the local botanical gardens. The wedding was a casual affair as the two exchanged their self written vows. I swear if Dave ever makes me teary eyed like that again there will be trouble. All kidding aside it was one of the nicest weddings I have ever been too.
Sunday Mari and I headed for Savannah for a little more R&R. We toured the historic areas by bike and walked the Factor's walk area and just generally took the sites in. We are both anxious to return to Savannah when we have a little more time to really take in the sites.
Most of you know that I spend a lot of time in my truck. I have driven through all kinds of weather, been held up by rubber necking onlookers, and suffered numerous flat tires and dead batteries. With all of this mind, I have to say that the thunder storms we drove through were the absolute worst I have ever driven through. We later found out that the storm spawned numerous tornadoes in the area and damaged parts of my home away from home, Eustis. We found this little tid bit out the next day from watching the Today Show. Numerous phone calls quickly followed to make certain that our friends and my boat stored in Eustis were all OK. Thankfully all survived and Mari and I were once again on our way to Athens.
Once in Athens, we quickly found lunch and mounted up on the bikes to tour the town. We were both hoping to find a traffic free area to log some miles but instead wound up riding in circles around the UGA campus in search of flat land. Mari is still new to the whole biking deal and the hills were a bit of a shock but I am proud of her for forging ahead. As we were travelling around campus, I was trying to relay our intended path to Mari in order to give her plenty of time to choose a safe path. At one point I mentioned that we head up a path "where all of the kids are walking down". Immediately following this comment I realized that I am in fact getting old. Since when did college students become in my mind "kids". We had a good laugh over this.
Later in the evening we joined our friends for drinks and a concert at the Georgia theater where I was again reminded of my ever increasing age.
Saturday brought Dave and Melissa's wedding and great day! Their wedding was held in a beautiful Frank Lloyd Wright-ish chapel nestled in the local botanical gardens. The wedding was a casual affair as the two exchanged their self written vows. I swear if Dave ever makes me teary eyed like that again there will be trouble. All kidding aside it was one of the nicest weddings I have ever been too.
Sunday Mari and I headed for Savannah for a little more R&R. We toured the historic areas by bike and walked the Factor's walk area and just generally took the sites in. We are both anxious to return to Savannah when we have a little more time to really take in the sites.
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