Riding

A few years ago I had a job in South County, right by the John Wayne airport. The ride took me through Santa Ana and was quicker on my scooter than in my car, which would have meant sitting on the freeway for over an hour. Or even before that when I had a job close by and I rode the curvy road near by in Fullerton, on Lemon.

I was also attending many more scooter rallies. I like them, but after a while, it’s just driving. I had a project that I really needed to do as well, finish writing my novel. This is doesn’t mean just once and then you send the whole thing off like Snoopy and wait for letters. It means you edit it over and over again. I wrote the 1st draft in 2003 and re- wrote it in 03, 04 and 05 and once more in 06. Which meant last summer and fall I was, yup editing it again and all this requires sitting down and getting it done.

It has taken precedence over my riding my scooter. As much as I like it and work at Fullerton Vintage, I can’t always find the time ride my scooter. Part of my job is also running around in my car and shipping parts and getting parts. Again I am not a complaining, this is just the truth.

On a recent ride, yeah no surprise I was really rusty. I am not making excuses. I will be getting back on my scoot and getting back my “sea legs” as it were. I do want to get my scooter painted and other things, it hasn’t been totally just sitting in the garage, Recently, my husband has been driving my scooter. I have used my scooter; I still love “Sam”.

I still love scooters, I can’t say I am always excited about them since I see them every day. That’s the thing about turning a hobby into a business. You get bogged down with the tedium that is everyday life, picking up parts and waiting for the next order to come in and before you know it it’s Friday afternoon and you wonder where the time went.

The truth is you can’t spend all your time just focused on riding, there are other important things to be done. Like writing a book, or paying the rent.