Not Your Average Jane

Every now and then you have a day when you just want chuck it all and run away.... Today was one of those....

All I wanted to do was hope in my dream car (a 65 Ford Mustang convertible much like the one at the top of this blog...)

A better pic of my dream car...



I've always wanted one of these bad boys.... Too bad the engines are such P.O.S's and the gas mileage is like zilch.... But they're soooo pretty.... :0)

Anyway I'm still trying to shake the urge to just get in the car and drive away.... The only thing stopping me?

Gas prices.

Its currently $3.42 a gallon down the street from me....

I remember back in the day when it was like .99 cents a gallon and I could hop in the truck and take off for anywhere on a whim....

I've got a bit of a threadbare gypsy soul I guess.... I love to travel... I always have.... I used to look for excuses to get on the road.... Now with gas prices those trips are few and far between.... Which sucks because I'm starting to get a bit of a traveling jones again... And once again I'll have to ignore it much like I have been for a while now.... I don't know how much longer I can go....

I haven't been to the Hill Country OR Padre all summer... And I used to go every chance I got... I haven't been to Austin since last year.... Same for Galveston and its even closer....

I guess that's one reason I loved dating my ex for as long as I did... I got to indulge in a few of my favorite things.... Road trips, music and breakfast tacos.... That's right I'm pretty much THAT easy to please....

As long as I can travel, eat, have music and a place to crash I'm pretty happy.

I think the last road trip I went on was like to Baton Rouge for La's graduation from LSU... I don't include Kemah... Since thats just going to Sean's place.... We don't really DO anything but play video games, watch movies and play guitar. Occasionally he'll bbq or we'll go out to eat but for the most part we're a lot like an old married couple... Minus the sex.... Since that'd would just feel wrong in so many ways... And his girlfriend might object.... :0)

If I could get all that stuff I mentioned earlier AND the sex (and maybe some chocolate) life I think would be damn near perfect. Too bad I'm so damn picky when it comes to men....

I know I say all a guy has to have x y and z but the truth be told, a combination of x, y, and z that'd be nice.... But there are so many other little factors that figure into it.... Things you can't even really describe... They're just there if they're there and aren't if they aren't.... But I have to admit I do tend to lean toward confident guys who can make me laugh and have an intelligent conversation.... About something other than sports or cars....

Thats another reason I was with the ex for so long... He's confident to the point of cocky, could always make me laugh and we'd have insanely long conversations about anything and everything... Now if only he hadn't been a lying, cheating druggie life could have been great.....

But alas life can't always be perfect and doesn't always turn out the way you plan.

There's a saying... "Do you want to see God laugh? Make plans." And I've found it to be true... It seems every time I make plans SOMETHING happens to totally derail them... Luckily I've learned to roll with the punches and not to stress too badly about what I can't control....

Speaking of my love life.... My cousin's being all nosy Rosy about it and I have a feeling (just a feeling - but after almost 30 years of knowing her, I've learned my feelings usually right) she's up to something... I don't know what though.... She's like a clam.... She giggles manically when I ask what shes up to but won't say a single solitary word.... Its quite vexing....

Anyway thats enough of my rambling....

posted by Ali @ 9:29 PM