Quality or Quantity?

Here we go on the road again to Dallas for a long work week. I am scheduled to return on Thursday but the calendar is already filled and Friday might be more likely. This could prove problematic as the DC Turnbulls' Running of the Bullls Rally is next weekend in Breezewood, PA. Hopefully this year I won't jam a shock through the frame. Forty year old vintage scooters weren't exactly engineered for motocross trails! Speaking of scooters, I rode Agador for the first time today after ten months of downtime due to repairs and maintenance. More details on that later but he's faster and better than ever. Surely worth the wait!

Now to the subject of this post. Since my last trip, there have been countless activities to discuss. Sometimes I wonder if we should do less with less people? I love all my friends and don't want to miss anything. How do people decide what approach to take? For example, we had great friends visiting over the Fourth of July. We had brunch, caught the Doo Dah with the lesbians, squeezed in two parties, fireworks, then met other friends from out of town out later that night. We saw "everyone" on the Fourth and truly had a memorable time but...should we have picked one party? Should we have fully embraced one group of friends over the other? Did we nurture our deep lifelong connections to any of them by trying to have it all or do they think we're just fleeting and noncommittal to any of them? Does it matter? How do we maximize both connections and happiness? 

That said, here are some other things from the last few weeks:

My brother, sister, and nephew spent the night. We essentially chatted, ate, and lolly gagged around the village after a haircut at Niko's. My nephew would look so cute in a Mohawk but I restrained myself!

I "passed" my annual physical with a clean bill of health and learned by old Doctor moved into the "castle" in GV. Awesome! There's more work to do with the cholesterol levels but overall good as a 40 year old can be. 

We met friends for Comfest but were essentially rained out and didn't have the patience for the crowds and miserable weather. That weekend ended with a bear pool party and dancing at both the Barracks at AWOL and dancing at the Garage. I may not be the world's most refined dancer, but it sure makes me smile. Oh the memories of the old Garage. The new place is flashy and the bartenders sport ridiculous matching temporary tattoos all over their bodies, but it still has the spirit of the 90s and I felt 22 again. Fantastic!

This weekend was fairly low key with an outing to Sommerfest at the Germania Club. Perhaps I had a few too many shots of Yeager or pitchers of beers. For some reason I felt compelled to join a German Social Club. I told myself it was sustaining a piece of history as it is the last remaining one in Columbus but on reality it might have been grasping for my German heritage. I suppose it pairs nicely with our planned 2014 trip to Germany. Not surprisingly, two neighbors also joined. 

We also caught day one of the 50's exhibit at The Ohio Historical Society Museum. This is kind of funny since it will be there, complete with a full Lustron house, for the next five years. The WOSU Member Card got us in for half price and our teacher friend got in for free. Pretty nice museum. I highly recommend the "Controversy" Exhibit. Timely with the tragic George Zimmerman verdict as there is plenty of room for thought. 

This feels like enough journalling for now. Off to Dallas!