Sunday, January 09, 2005

 

Thoughts on coming off sabbatical

First, my domain hosting provider has done me in one too many times. Again, my domains have gone down, so I'm swapping providers. Just in time too, as they are due to renew next month so I'm swapping registrars as well. I've got my work cut out for me to swap everything over. It is going to take me some time to get everything up and running properly. Maybe I'll reorganize everything in the process instead of just duplicating it as it was.

I do not know why I did it, go on walkabout like I have been doing for the past year. I just sort of slipped into taking day and overnight trips close to home. Some of you out there may already know my history. For those who do not, briefly it is like this... I was born in 1948. After high school, I went to college for a year, lost my college deferrment from the draft, and joined the Navy rather than let myself get drafted into the Army. I spent the next 21 years mostly in submarines. After the Navy, I became a systems analyst and then about 5 years ago, got laid off and have been unable to find work in the field since then. I managed to put away some savings and made a few investments which finally paid off so I have an income without having to actually work for a paycheck. I bought my mortgage down so the payments are low enough that I can live off the income if I am a bit frugal. I have been married twice. The first was as I joined the Navy. We had a son, and 10 years later, we divorced when she fell in love with another man. My second happened 5 years later and also lasted 10 years and then one day, she left without explanation. We stayed separated for a while and I tried to work things out, but I failed and we divorced. Neither was the bloody backstabbing kind we all have heard about, something I am thankful for. Both were a parting of the ways without animosity with a fair division of community property. Well, there was a bit about the guy my first fell in love with, but I soon realized that to wish harm would affect my son, so what was the point of bad feelings? I got over it. So, now, here I am, sitting in my living room, watching a playoff game and wondering what I am going to do with the rest of my life. It has entered my thoughts that I would like to live with someone. Know any 50-something slim trim young ladies, unencumbered by a husband of course, who might like to share my house? You can have your own room if you like. I live out in the woods about 2 miles from Silverdale, Washington, on the other side of Puget Sound from Seattle. There is just one catch, you will have to help me sort out all of my prized possessions, er, stuff, er junk, to make some room for yourself and your prized possessions. I need to simplify my life. Sigh.

Since my domains are down for a while, if you want to write to me, use rowlfe@myway.com, which is an alternate temporary address until I get my mail service running on the new domain host. Or maybe, write to me just for grins...

Posted by: Rowlfe - at: 1/09/2005 03:50:00 PM

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