With apologies to the late, great Tom Petty...

I bought a Litespeed Ultimate from 1995 on Ebay last week. The price seemed pretty good, but the bike itself will need a lot of work. But the thing that's killing me is WAITING FOR IT. Oh, my god! I'm checking the tracking multiple times a day, even though the seller messaged me to let me know UPS wouldn't be picking it up till TOMORROW. What am I thinking? That UPS, out of the goodness of its corporate heart, decided to take a flier and show up a day or so early, JUST so I could get the bike in my grubby little mitts that much sooner?

And then there's studying the pictures, looking at the components, thinking what will need to be replaced, what parts I already have, what parts I'll need. And then trying not to buy MORE stuff on Ebay, thinking I MIGHT need this or that for the resto.

Then there's daydreaming about doing a total rebuild. Maybe the whole thing with Dura Ace 7410 kit? But do I want to limit it to 53/39 and 12-25? Maybe I want to go a couple generations of Dura Ace newer, and get 10 speeds and a wider cassette? But the 7800 crankset is SO UGLY!!! Or maybe I should do a modern build, but who can afford current Dura Ace, or even Ultegra? If I built it up with current 105 (the People's Groupset), wouldn't that clash with the whole "Ultimate" idea?

Can I safely assume that I am not alone in this kind of obsessed musing? Kindred spirits and all that?