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October 2004 - May 2007
October 1. For all means and purposes the trike is finished yet today I feel up to shit. This is turning out to be a bit of a journal actually. It is my 58th birthday and 3 years ago to the day I was in the Psych hospital in Fremantle because of the Suicide effort so I can relate back to that day which was pretty special in retrospect. I didn't have a care in the World. The pills were seeing to that and there was a whole bunch of people I could relate to in the area I was in. They had all just had enough at the time. I had a good birthday.
Where I am at the moment both in time and place is not where I want to be. The depression thing is mind and body sapping and I don't have the energy to get motivated. In fact I barely have the energy to get out of bed at the moment.
Where am I going
I don't like where I am
I want to be somewhere else
What am I going to do !!
Quote from anonymous but they knew what were talking about.
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Depression comes and goes.
October 9. Just shows how depression can come and go. I made the effort to go over to Bob's workshop today and felt okay. Actually he came and dragged me out of bed so I had no choice in the matter. Had a sit on the trike and started her up without the baffles in the exhaust and it sounds 'brilliant' as the add on TV flogging off beer goes.
October 16/17. Showtime. Trike made it to the show but I didn't. I am now going to sit back - try to relax - and gather my thoughts for a bit before I get the seat fitted out for me. Others can ride it up and down the driveway for the time being. In the meantime have a Merry Christmas.
January 2005. Still in the land of the living (just) so have a Happy New Year.
February 2005.
March 2005.
APRIL 2005. I haven't felt this good for as long as I can remember. They tried a new pill for the depression. Efexor. And it is working.
MAY 2005. Still kicking.
JUNE 2005. Ditto.
JULY 2005. Same as !!
AUGUST 2005. And again.
SEPTEMBER 2005. And again.
OCTOBER 2005. Happy 59th Birthday.
And I am feeling every bit of it unfortunately. I have come to the conclusion
that I am not going to have strength to ride the trike so have put it up for
sale. Bummer ay !!!! information here
NOVEMBER 2005. Just Cruising.
DECEMBER 2005. Not a bad month. I have taken up Archery to keep fit (after a 33 year break) and that along with my HO model train hobby thing is keeping me broke.
JANUARY 2006. Looking forward to a good year.
FEBRUARY 2006. Enjoying my trains and my Archery. Life isn't all that bad at the moment.
MARCH 2006. Ditto.
APRIL 2006. Ditto.
MAY 2006. Having fun with the Model trains and
Archery.
JUNE 2006. Not a bad month.
JULY 2006. Just have to suck it and see.
August September / October (HAPPY 60TH) / November 2006. Went by in a blur.
January 2007. Cruizin' - February 2007 The black dog is biting at the moment. March 2007 - up and down. April 2007 - round and about.
May 2007 - Lets see what happens. June - July - Travelling easy. Bob is now retired and he and I are going to play Cars for a bit.
August - September. Discovered World of Warcraft and no longer live in this World.
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*Note. Ding Bob gets a lot of enquiries from people who want to build their Trikes over a period of time. This is a good example of how it can be done because we started thinking about this one October 2001 - January of 2002. If you didn't start at the beginning of the story now is a good time to go back to page 1.
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