Show me a guy who likes to go shopping and I will show you a guy.... who is really not a guy. The problem all started when my procrastination sometimes gets the best of me but this time it was not completely my fault. I wanted to go to the South Atlantic League All-Star game a couple of night's ago in Asheville but I waited around too late to get tickets and then they were sold out. One reason I waited was because I did not know if my girlfriend had to work or not because God knows I would hate to go anywhere by myself with a chance of having a good time with the guys.
Since I could not go to the game, she suggested shopping. I'm in a bad mood because I am missing out on the game so let's finish me off by suggesting shopping. I said "Sure, why not" because my evening was already shot to hell anyway. I hate shopping but the ironic thing was that I am the only one that bought anything. I got a good deal on a pair of shorts.
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Saturday, June 20, 2015
Dating Your Girlfriend
A lot of men believe that when you have a girlfriend, you stop dating. If you want to keep your girlfriend, you had better keep dating her. They do not have to be expensive dates. Since I have been out of work a couple of months, I have tried to think of different things we could do together- hiking, walking around downtown sightseeing and window shopping, getting together and watching a movie at home and making dinner together- and we have done all of that on her days off.
We went to Green River Cove hiking although that is very rough country and we only made it about half mile before we turned around and came back. On the drive down there, I got to share my memories of going down there when I was a lot younger and point out a few landmarks that I saw. I made sure we stopped at a local restaurant in Saluda, NC called Ward's Grill I knew about and had lunch and we just made a day of it.
We did the downtown Hendersonville thing as well and I shared my memories of that with her. Downtown Hendersonville used to be like any downtown before they turned it "historic" and made it a haven for tourists. I just wanted to go places that are fairly close, do not require a lot of travel that we do not normally get to go. It makes it a little bit new and it breaks the rut of the same old routine.
We went to Green River Cove hiking although that is very rough country and we only made it about half mile before we turned around and came back. On the drive down there, I got to share my memories of going down there when I was a lot younger and point out a few landmarks that I saw. I made sure we stopped at a local restaurant in Saluda, NC called Ward's Grill I knew about and had lunch and we just made a day of it.
We did the downtown Hendersonville thing as well and I shared my memories of that with her. Downtown Hendersonville used to be like any downtown before they turned it "historic" and made it a haven for tourists. I just wanted to go places that are fairly close, do not require a lot of travel that we do not normally get to go. It makes it a little bit new and it breaks the rut of the same old routine.
Monday, June 8, 2015
The Date That Wasn't
It seems that me and the woman I am dating cannot get on the same page so it seems like we spend more time not doing anything together than we do spending time with each other. I am an early morning person. I like getting up early and getting things done. If I go to an event, I like being there a little bit early, taking in the scene, and do a little bit of exploring. I also like to avoid the crowd scenes that usually occur later during an event.
The woman I am dating gets moving about lunch time, is a little bit late for everything she does, and time is not a concern for her. I get pissy when I have to wait. I wanted to go to the Western North Carolina Air Show yesterday around lunch time which should have been perfect for my girlfriend. I suggested 1 PM and she was going to be late for that.
That was when I decided that if I wanted to do something, I was just going to do it. As the old saying goes, "it is easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission." I stashed my new camera in the car and took off for our small, hometown airport all by myself. I was fine with that. Give me my notebook, a pen, and my camera and I can go anywhere and do anything. Sleeping Beauty stayed at home.
The woman I am dating gets moving about lunch time, is a little bit late for everything she does, and time is not a concern for her. I get pissy when I have to wait. I wanted to go to the Western North Carolina Air Show yesterday around lunch time which should have been perfect for my girlfriend. I suggested 1 PM and she was going to be late for that.
That was when I decided that if I wanted to do something, I was just going to do it. As the old saying goes, "it is easier to ask for forgiveness than it is to ask for permission." I stashed my new camera in the car and took off for our small, hometown airport all by myself. I was fine with that. Give me my notebook, a pen, and my camera and I can go anywhere and do anything. Sleeping Beauty stayed at home.
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
A Hike By The River
The girlfriend and I decided to go hiking yesterday on her day off. It was a great idea with lukewarm results. I had surgery five weeks ago, I am not in the best shape I have ever been in and my girlfriend has not been hiking in a while. We were not exactly reenacting the Lewis and Clark expedition but it was some pretty rugged terrain. I estimate it is about a two or three mile hike to the Narrows as best I can remember. Nothing distorts your memory like time.
I had been wanting to go to a place called "the Narrows" in Green River Cove for quite a while now and yesterday seemed like the perfect day to go. My gf was game because she wanted out of the house, it had quit raining, and it turned into a beautiful afternoon. From that aspect, the hiking Gods were smiling on us.
My father and I had hiked this very same trail about 35 years ago and I had this romanticized vision that me and my gf could do this. It was much more rugged back then and I remember it had rained a lot that summer and the Green River was running high. I know Green River has become a big attraction for hikers, kayakers, and canoeists and the Narrows had been used for the kayaking events in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics.
I took my brand new camera, this was a perfect nature photo op, and we were ready to roll. Green River Cove is only about 10 miles from my house but from the top of the road to the cove itself is 3 miles of twisting, winding road and that is an adventure in itself. They have paved the road since my father and I made this same journey and I can't tell if it made it better or worse. It did make the trip down a little bit quicker.
Unfortunately, my romanticized vision did not meet up with my physical abilities. We found the trail easily enough but it was more of a foot path than it was a trail and the going was pretty rough. We made it about a half mile through the woods when my gf called it quits. I probably could have made it to the Narrows but making it back may have been another story. I did get some good pics to at least prove I had been but it was not really the pics that I wanted. I will eventually make that hike but it will be one I have to work my way up to.
I had been wanting to go to a place called "the Narrows" in Green River Cove for quite a while now and yesterday seemed like the perfect day to go. My gf was game because she wanted out of the house, it had quit raining, and it turned into a beautiful afternoon. From that aspect, the hiking Gods were smiling on us.
My father and I had hiked this very same trail about 35 years ago and I had this romanticized vision that me and my gf could do this. It was much more rugged back then and I remember it had rained a lot that summer and the Green River was running high. I know Green River has become a big attraction for hikers, kayakers, and canoeists and the Narrows had been used for the kayaking events in the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics.
I took my brand new camera, this was a perfect nature photo op, and we were ready to roll. Green River Cove is only about 10 miles from my house but from the top of the road to the cove itself is 3 miles of twisting, winding road and that is an adventure in itself. They have paved the road since my father and I made this same journey and I can't tell if it made it better or worse. It did make the trip down a little bit quicker.
Unfortunately, my romanticized vision did not meet up with my physical abilities. We found the trail easily enough but it was more of a foot path than it was a trail and the going was pretty rough. We made it about a half mile through the woods when my gf called it quits. I probably could have made it to the Narrows but making it back may have been another story. I did get some good pics to at least prove I had been but it was not really the pics that I wanted. I will eventually make that hike but it will be one I have to work my way up to.
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