Things Change, Mostly For the Better

It's been quite a while since I updated this, and there have been quite a few developments in my life. The quick rundown:

My confusing and chaotic love life has settled down very nicely, and I'm now in a great relationship that I really think may be The One That Lasts. Not gonna get into much detail about private stuff like that here, but I will say that she makes me very, very happy and I love her more than I love pepperoni and extra cheese pizza. That's a lot of love there.

Also, and this ties in with the Happy Girlfriend Status, I've put the vardo project on indefinite hold. It's still something I want to do someday, mind you, but there are several factors keeping it from being the Right NOW!!!! project that I'd planned on making it. As things stand right now, the SCA is probably going to be a couple of times a year thing for the foreseeable future rather than being on the much heavier schedule I was planning on before; my lady friend doesn't have any problem with my doing it, and is even a bit interested, but she is NOT the camping type and has a world class aversion to portajohns. As much as I love playing Friar, I love spending time with her more and that means I don't really need a specialty camping vehicle that would look totally weird under any non SCA conditions. Also, there's the small issue of parking and storage...the issue being that I don't have anywhere to park or store it without really imposing on friends or family. Thus, the vardo project is on hold.

However, with that out of the way I've been really pondering the possibility of picking up a used van this summer or fall and turning it into a camper. It fills my Adventure Vehicle need better than the vardo for anything other than Gulf War or Pennsic, doesn't stand out the way a gaudy Gypsy wagon does, and is a lot easier to find parking for. When it comes down to the bottom line, I'm happier right now than I have been for many years...but I'm happiest when I have some sort of project like this to work on. A camper van project will satisfy my tinkering urges very nicely, give me something to spend time on besides World of bloody Warcraft, and be wonderful fun for weekend trips and even longer adventures. Plus, with the right electronics and a few bits of equipment it can even work as a surveillance van. Win!

So, life continues apace as do my Small Adventures. New people join the journey, goals change, but the road through this world full of wonder and strangeness still meanders ahead. Time to wander a bit farther along the road and see what turns up...