This is from a situation that occurred August/September in 2025 when decisions were made that I feel could have been thought out much better o where mutual goals could have been accomplished. Instead since there was a certain level of selfishness with other individuals I wound up having to miss some pretty substantial events that would have allowed me to set new personal achievements for the year, as well as having to miss something that I may not have the chance to do again since it was the last time the event would happen. I had written the following on the main page of the site but as time moves on new content will be added and wanted to capture my general thoughts on the situation. I’m sure I will look back and see it as general drama at some point but it did make an impact big enough to note in the future..
The struggle remains on to how to juggle the big stuff in life with the big fun. Life can create challenges in both. My current challenge is finding out if the things that are in place will have to be put on pause due to an uncertain family situation. It’s unfortunate when others seem to make themselves unavailable, unreliable and undependable. Things are on a week to week basis and hoping for the best! Unfortunately developments are that since there has been a disconnect in general consideration for my personal commitments from some family individuals, I wound up missing the run-de-vus 100k and x-cat 50 mile events that were planned months ago. It’s extremely unfortunate that I missed run-de-vus since it may very likely not happen again. x-cat will also have to be done in 2026. <flame on> 🔥👺The missed events are noted as 🤬 (yeah, use your imagination on that emoticon too). Very nicely put, that emoticon designates an extreme amount of disappointment and has left me educated on how I was de-prioritized and to expect unpredictable behavior at the very least. </flame> 👺🔥
I’ll be back in Brentwood next week doing weekday doing close to 5x/24h coverage weekdays starting October 5th. I will also need to drop my standing Monday night league which has been a constant since the bowling alley opened up after the pandemic in 2021 along with dropping my Thursday night league (which I had to get on a waitlist to join in 2022). So to sum up my current thoughts on how certain individuals are contributing in three letters: T-F-U
To highlight a positive, there have been other family members stepping up and I have a totally new appreciation for them and am so grateful for all of the support they have provided. So a very heart felt thanks to my older sisters, you both totally rock! Looks like us elders are picking up the slack!