
Originally Posted by
Hood26
More of a vent than a question. Skip right over and carry on if you want.
Why can’t I have nice things?
Just got home from an Airstream rally and those old boys (we are usually at least 20 years younger than the group) had their shit dialed and polished.
I take pride in my things. I try to keep up on it all; rigs, gear, home, yard et al. But try as I might little shit just happens. Just got done washing the Airstream and there is sap all over it from a spot on the beach we camped this summer, and the truck well it needs a whole cut and polish. Clay bar, instant detailer, bug and tar, nothing touched the sap. I am going to have a real project and need to research what will get it off because the clear coat on an Airstream is not like a car, it’s called plasti-coat, so that’s a future me problem.
I grew up with a dad who’s shit was always broken, always dirty, always fucked up, so maybe I am just not raised right to really keep shit dialed? Maybe it’s a time thing because we are always going and always moving from one thing to the next? Maybe it’s a money thing and I have just enough to have nice things, but not really, really take care of them and hire professionals for help when needed? When we do hire things out, we never get an A+ product, our house for instance when we had it built 18 years ago; and there is all kinds of little shit wrong with it. We weren’t like on the contractors, you know like always over the shoulder and saying, “that’s not good enough,” like our older more experienced neighbors. Same with my old truck we had all the body and paint done 13 years ago and the fucker is rusting out on me now. Is there a way to be demanding and still nice about it?
Maybe I just need to reset my expectations because well, life happens and things are really just tools? I had a hunting buddy/mentor once empty his shotgun and just start throwing it on the ground, after I had worried about my own new gun getting a scratch, and he just kept yelling at “it’s a fucking tool.”
Maybe 20 years from now when there are no kids in the house and I am retired with time on my hands it will be easier? Maybe my shit is actually nice and I just see all the little imperfections because it’s my own shit? Maybe I should just buy less stuff and make sure it stays nice?
I should probably drink a beer and be thankful for what I have, and that we got home safe after having a fun weekend; it’s just things and they really are just tools, right?
If you read all my bullshit and have advice, thank you.
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