TL;DR - phone works again, rode from Jasper, TX to San Antonio, TX, ate/hung out with friends, scratched my new fairing,
I made it to San Antonio to find my non working phone, magically working again. I guess the relatively dry ride from Jasper aired it put enough to accept a charge, however I reset the phone completely so I lost a days worth of pictures and writings. I ate at a Dickey's BBQ and restored my phone because I know what a backup is.
While waiting for Hansel to get off of work, I started communicating with the people I would see in the next few days, and specifically with my dad who would be going on his first long ride in years.
We went and ate at Chachas Mexican restaurant, and were joined by his girlfriend Nicole, Mark, Kim, Abigail, Leise, Taylor, and a woman I hadn't seen in 10 years. Jessica came to dinner with her 2 daughters. It was amazing to catch up with such varied company. Mark and his family I had just seen last week, Hansel I hadn't seen in about 2 years, and the last I saw Jessica was over 10 years ago.
I wonder sometimes if the person I am, varies depending on who I am with. Personalities can vary depending on company, and here I was with vastly different company in my lifetime. I think I was me, and my personality likely doesn't vary that much. I am who I am and nothing more.
Hansel and myself noted the lightning going on in the background and decided it was best for my luggage that we pull the bike into the garage. That thing is very heavy and I maneuvered it into a tiny whole slightly scratching my newly painted fairing. I am certain it will buff out, but it sucks none the less. I think tomorrow might be more of a challenge though backing it back out that same narrow slot, and turning it around in a rather steep driveway. I will leave you with only one picture that I didn't even take. Now that my phone is working, pictures will be back tomorrow.
