About Mike..

THE EARLY YEARS

Born and raised in Upstate New York, I’ve always felt an urge to move. We didn’t really travel when I grew up. Everything, was a trip. Want to go to the movies?? That would be a 45 minute drive. Want to go to the nearest theme park? That would be easily a 2 hour drive. In an area where a trip to a grocery store could easily land you 30 minutes in the car – no one wanted to travel more than they had too. We didn’t travel, but we spent a lot of time going places. Add 4 – 6 months of winter and we were cold, on the road and miserable the majority of my early life.

MY MARRIAGE AND THE DIVORCE FROM HELL

I guess with age comes wisdom. I look back and realize, I got married way too young. I didn’t know what I wanted out of life, and for the most part neither did she. People told me not to get married at 21 and I wish that I listened. We were married for 14 long, miserable years. They say divorce brings out the worse in people. I will totally agree. This blog isn’t about my divorce (check out http://www.tooheyreloaded.com for my attempt at blogging through my divorce) but my renovation of an Airstream and my personal growth. My divorce is behind me, and my Airstream adventures are ahead of me.

REFLECTIONS OF 42 YEARS

I’ve had high highs and low lows in my life. I’ve tackled depression, borderline personality disorder, anger issues and some other nasty personal demons. I’ve also traveled the road less traveled and discovered things about myself along the way. The most fun I’ve had in my life was traveling. I need to start focusing what brings me joy. My Airstream is a representation of that. Its joy wrapped in aluminum.