Backseat - From Where I Sit

January 2003

By: Michelle

Obsess...Who Me?

Every year I make the same two resolutions: to get more organized and to stop procrastinating. And every year I fail practically before I begin. Ok. So I never really begin - but I do think about it. This year, I have decided to take a different approach. I am going to stick with something a little more simple. Something I know I can accomplish. This year my one and only resolution is to stop whining and obsessing about the limited riding opportunities in winter. In fact, I won't think about motorcycles at all.

After all, winter shouldn't be wasted pining away the hours waiting on the first warm day for a spring ride. Winter brings Christmas where angels with Gold Wings spread "tidings of great joy." It is also time for a visit from that famous Intruder, Santa Claus. Gifts from that Fat Boy never fail to bring a smile to all.

My time is better spent watching the twilight glistening off the fresh fallen snow as brightly as a Road Star. When the short winter days cast their long Shadows of evening, I can sit for hours in front of a fire as warm as the heated grips of a BMW.

Who could be thinking of twisties while they are sledding down snow banks, whooping like an Indian while whizzing past snowmen as silent as Ninjas? Not me. I am not obsessing. As a matter of fact, the wind on my face doesn't remind me of motorcycling at all.

I know I will Triumph over this resolution. In fact I Harley think I have a problem. I don't want to be Buell headed but I think I have this thing licked already. Maybe I will just have to return to my original resolutions. This does seem like a good time to get organized. Can anyone point me in the direction of a Container Store? Oh, never mind, I can always do it tomorrow. I think the roads might be clear enough outside for a quick ride.

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