05 July 2013

yes...another year gone by -- really??? (no, a year and 6mo.!)

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Yes...another big chunk of time passes...and I've coasted along on top of the crest of this last wave to reach yet another beach party I did not really expect.
I am still fully immersed in the world of youth soccer (and adult for that matter) because of the nature of my job.  But I'm yet again moving along into worlds I would have NEVER thought I'd venture into -- try CO-ED indoor soccer with people at least half my age...WHAT am I thinking???  Well, maybe I am not, but I do know this...It is a great deal of FUN and I would not miss a Monday night game for hardly anything (excepting a polka stomped toe...).
I set this blog up to be something of a documentation of my venture into knitting design -- and it seems to be far from...although it touches on it every so often.  It looks like I have a good case of ADHD really...I am all over the place with no apparent vision, goal, mission...nothing -- just riding the wave...
The wave of orthodontics has played out...not doing it any more, dont really miss it like I thought I might.  I am full on soccer now -- in capacities I would have never imagined.  Try this for size...
I have recently, with the help of some great co-workers, laid out four FIFA regulation size soccer pitches on virgin grass...then learning the fine art of walking a straight line whilst laying down that 4 inch wide touch line, end line and all the other necessary lines that make up a beautifully painted pitch.
  That picture posted above -- it really expresses the way my mind feels right now...kind of a jumble, yet in a place of peace -- anyone who knows this spot on the lakefront might get where I'm coming from.  The title of the blog itself "du spinnst" is telling as well (its "you're crazy" in German -- something I DO hear often from the people who remember where I'd started my journey...)
  This year has brought interesting events...yeah...that's Adam Ant there in the next photo...going back in time and pulling to the present.  This was a concert I went to with friends and it ended up being so much more than just a visit with "an old friend".  Back in the day, I was a HUGE fan of Adam Ant, so when he made an appearance back in Milwaukee almost 30 years later, I just had to see...it was as good a show as 30 years ago -- just different.  Made me realize that you can still have the same passions, but bring them to the more mature place we all are now.  We WILL all be going back to the show in August again when he returns with the young pups playing the shows with him.
  So where does that leave me now?  Still looking for the next path, really.  Kids making the transition to adult-hood... Dave, gone mexican :)...and me, well...I guess I'll just keep riding those waves as they come along for now.  I just dont seem to have the presence of mind to do much else...