Wife Number 3

So yes, the title is a little tongue-in-cheek and a little serious. With everything going on with Becky right now, I kind of feel like I’m married to wife #3, without any real courtship / getting to know / etc phase. We’re just dropped into a marriage with 4 kids / a house / etc. For the most part, I think wife #3 is the best of the lot. It remains to be seen how some of this will play out in the long run, and if this phase/personality/etc sticks around, but I think the logical ability to think through consequences will be a great help.

It has been encouraging, as well, as some of the stuff I was saying throughout last year she’s finally seeing the truth of, when it came to where she was at, and how she was really treating me. Maybe if she does slide in that direction again, she’ll take what I say seriously this time around instead of ignoring it or dismissing it.

It isn’t a complete change. A lot of her base likes/dislikes have stayed the same. Which is good, especially for the ones that I’ve finally started to accept over the last few years that have resonated with me as I figure out who I really am and want to be. And yes, I probably could be more vague, but I’d have to work at it... ;)

No matter what, we’re still friends. I think that is one of the things that surprises most of the people who we have talked to about last year. Even in the midst of some serious stress on the marriage part of our relationship, we stayed friends and were able to hang out/talk/have a good time.

I’m feeling a little better about the bike, having finally made some progress on the disassembly. The screws attaching the carbs to the brackets were ridiculously tight, but I managed to get them all out. The intake screws are still all messed up / not budging so those could be another story. I might have to drill them out. I hope not as I already have some better screws to replace the current ones. If I end up having to rethread or insert them I won’t be able to reuse them. I think I’m going to look for some similar style replacement screws for the carb brackets. (stainless steel / allen heads).

There was a ton of crud on the mains, so I’m hoping that when it goes back together, it will run a bit richer, and not drop out around 6k like it did sometimes under acceleration. Once I have the carbs put back together and the intake sorted out, it just needs a valve adjustment, an oil change, and a trip to the shop for fork seals and an inspection. I’m still on the fence about trying to do the fork seals myself, but I really don’t want to.

We’re going to try to take the kids to the fireworks tonight. I guess we’ll see how it goes. I’m a little concerned that Lorelei will freak out with the noise.