Touring - Update from Koffee B....

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Guest
12-10-02, 08:12 AM
Hi everyone.

I finally have the chance to post again. I know I stopped posting my travelogues abruptly, but I just thought I'd drop people a line and let them know what happened to Koffee.

Koffee had some bad bad problems at work that she had to spend all her time fighting. I couldn't post online, everything I did was being monitered, so I couldn't even tune into the site without being disiplined. I had to fight to keep my job, then once it became apparent I wasn't going to keep my job, I had to fight to get out without losing my reputation in my field. My career with that company was in ruins. To make it worse, it was a family business. Subsequently, I've been dealing with daily infighting within the family. Never work for family..... I just resolved all this with my family at Thansgiving.

Koffee had someone very close die recently. I am a mess and dealing with the loss of a loved one. I never had to deal with a situation like this before, so I am going through some kind of depression. I am trying to snap out of it, but I've been in a bad funk right now. I'm still not out of it, but I am still trying. I will need some more time until I get some closure in my mind. I am not happy in my life right now, and mostly, it's because of my loss. It's impacted other parts of my life, and until I come to terms with this, I'm afraid I won't feel like doing much. Some days, it's just hard getting out of bed, and I spend a lot of time 1 step away from dissolving in a mess of tears and crying all the time. But I'm working on it, so let's hope I don't spend too much more time like this. I'm getting really tired of the same old same old. Plus, all this oversleeping has resulted in Koffee gaining lots of weight, and Koffee can't sleep at night much anymore.

Well, that's it in a nutshell. As soon as I pull out of this funk, I'll post the rest of my stories online and get ready for my next trip. Believe it or not, I'm still making plans for my next touring trip this summer. It's one of the few things I can still do, and it's probably because something like that makes Koffee veeeeeeery happy.

I wish everyone Happy Holidays, and I hope to see you sometime in the next year.

Koffee Brown


nathank
12-10-02, 08:27 AM
hey Koffee...

good to hear from you again, but sorry to hear about the difficulties.

my best friend died of a heart attack at the age of 24 - he had some birth defect but never told anyone, and just collasped suddenly while shopping in a store and was pretty much dead when parametics arrived. anyway, i don't really have any advice, just wanted to let you know that. it affected me quite a bit and actually spurred me to get off my @ss and do things b/c we never know how much longer we have. i frequently do things and imagine what my friend would think. he was the only person i ever really thought was more wise/intelligent/motivated/aware/enlightened than me - just at a higher level than anyone else, and it just seemed so wrong that someone so incredible didn't have the chance to change the world. he had become the director of technology for a global consulting company at age 23, took a demotion to return to grad school and was working on a program in Technology and Culture at Georgetown with interests in SouthEast Asia and improving the lives of people in the developing world... ok, i'll stop now.

each person is different, but for me getting on the bike really helps for stuff like this.

hillyman
12-10-02, 04:12 PM
Koffee what you need is a good dose of good friends and you have some here.:) Life is for living. I think all people want their love ones to make the most out of life after their gone. To do anything else is letting them down. Just give yourself time :D


Richard D
12-11-02, 10:31 AM
Take care of yourself Koffee.

Richard

Jean Beetham Smith
12-14-02, 08:27 PM
Koffee, we all have years in our lives that really seem to be just going from one disaster to another. Keep bouncing, at least you can look forward to your next tour. We all hope things start to go better for you before then. Write when you can. Ride when you can. Take care.

Guest
01-02-03, 09:38 PM
Thanks for the kind words everyone.... I decided to get myself going again and work on getting myself to feeling better again. So I'm working on finishing the travelogues.

I appreciate everyone's support.

K Brown

Joe Gardner
01-02-03, 09:42 PM
Yay! I cant wait to finish reading your travels, i need to start from day 1 to remind me of where you are at :)

WB KB! :)