Next week I am off on a trip and I couldn’t be any more excited than I am right now.

During this week I had started to write the second part of my “Year of the Houndog”  post but to be honest with you,  due to the upcoming trip none of it is relevant right now. While I will be away for four days,  I only have three events planned. If that totals the sum of my interactions then I will leave the gathering a very happy man. ellee and I have been planning something for weeks as a continuation of our story,  but there are going to be differences this time around.

Call me old fashioned if you’d like,  but there are standards that I apply whenever I meet someone new. Each individual has their own barometer and for me that barometer is applied as to how I judge myself as a man. This is one of those deep philosophical areas for me,  something that I wouldn’t expect anyone for one minute to understand because it is so personal. It is a simple process. Like any man,  if I so wished I could apply any type of instrument with as much vigor as possible to the bottom of someone I am playing with,  but I don’t,  that isn’t what is important to me. What is important to me is that I build a relationship with the person first,  even if I risk the possibility that they would be disappointed with the level of initial spanking that I would give them. I can,  will and have applied some very serious spankings,  but the only recipients of those spankings are the people who are close to me and with whom I have a personal connection. Like I said,  this is something that is deeply ingrained in me. If I had a one on one interaction with someone and I had very little of a personal relationship with them,  and I used that interaction as a means to whale upon them based on what I have seen that they can take,  I’m being really honest here,  I wouldn’t view myself as much of a man if I did that for my own personal gratification.

There is a tendency for individuals to view this as a criticism of others and it isn’t meant to be. As I mentioned above,  we are all individuals and for me,  personally,  I have my own set of morals,  ethics and standards,  as I expect others,  even those who disagree with me,  have as well. I’m very happy with my own choices.

So let me cut to the chase. Up until now ellee and I have engaged in a couple of fun spankings and also a couple of good caning’s,  but that is about to change. Next week I have a serious matter to discuss with ellee,  she knows what it is and she also knows what it warrants. Now if anyone would care to comment regarding their own experiences I would love for you to do so,  as I am sure ellee would as well. Next week ellee is going to have the Cracker Barrel Paddle applied soundly,  and I do mean soundly,  to her bare bottom until it is the color of a ripe tomato. ellee has never been spanked with the CB paddle before so if anyone would like to tell her about it then please feel free to leave a comment below. We are talking a proper no nonsense spanking from start to finish and it will be anything but fun.

Being that I don’t like to hog women,  despite what Tony and Paddy have teasingly accused me of,  I am also hoping that on Sunday next week that the two of us can do a proper caning scene,  something that we would potentially film as well for spanking tube. That isn’t certain though as there are a whole party of people that the pair of us will be sharing our time with,  we will only do the caning if we find the time to do so. The spanking is set in stone though.

Before moving on,  ellee has sent me a picture of what she will be wearing next week. OMG!! She is the most adorable naughty schoolgirl on the planet.

There is something else going down next week as well,  and this time it revolves around ellee’s twin sister. You will know this girl as Alex Reynolds. A little while ago Alex playfully referred to me as a little bitch and earned herself a spanking. Unfortunately that didn’t satisfy young Alex as she continued,  and indeed continues as well,  to push the envelop of respect. This is a contradiction to what I said above as I have never played with Alex before,  but I guess in a way it isn’t a contradiction because when I meet up with Alex we won’t actually be  ‘playing’. Her behaviour at the moment is quite challenging and she has been poking me with a stick to see how I would react. A week from now Alex will see my reaction when I apply 12 hard strokes of the cane to her bare bottom. Before each stroke lands I am going to ask Alex to read the printed document that will be in front of her,  and to recite her sentence to me before the cane lands. I’m very serious about this and while I never make predictions,  I have a feeling that having to read her own words may well bring Alex to tears. I will keep you posted.

In addition to this,  just yesterday I received a note from Erica Scott suggesting that we take care of one of my new year’s resolutions. The resolution that Erica is referring to is my request that Erica and I engage in a proper spanking. Up until now we have done a couple of playful promo videos,  but we have never played. Now by playing I don’t mean a dom/sub type deal,  all I am talking about is a playful,  witty,  otk spanking,  but one that is done properly as opposed to some playful swats. It is something that I am very much looking forward to and have been for quite a while now.

So that is the sum of what I have planned for next week. The potential for more play may or may not happen,  but as you can see from what I have written above,  my weekend would be successful regardless if any more play happened or not. Just as important as anything it also bears mentioning that I cannot wait to sit at the bar with a few of my male spanking friends and chew the fat with them. It is an important area that is rarely spoken about,  but male bonding is a characteristic that helps me to understand others. Spending time with your fellow tops is a very important part of a spanking party.

Is that the some kind of wonderful that I am talking about? Actually it isn’t,  it is only a small fraction of it.

There are many writings that I have saved but never posted that relate to this topic,  and I doubt if I ever will post them. From around 2003 until 2009 I lived my life in the spanking world as the most carefree individual you could ever meet. There was literally nothing that really bothered me other than the usual things that would apply to real life as well. It is the one area that was a really strong suit of mine in that I chased nobody. The people who wanted to play with me were the people who had my attention,  it never crossed my mind as to who didn’t play with me or questioning whether the grass was greener on the other side. I was content and satisfied and extraordinarily happy. Who wouldn’t be happy having the nicest people surrounding you?

It was around 2009 that things started to change for me. Now I don’t know if this has anything to do with it or not,  I really don’t,  but my Brother passed away in 2009 and I have a feeling that I became depressed because of that. It seemed to follow a downward spiral where I became blase and ambivalent about spanking parties. Things that never once concerned me became a nuisance and there were parties where I didn’t even have a good time or even perhaps didn’t want to be there. My behavior was pretty erratic as well where there would be times that I locked myself away for long periods in my room.

I packed up my Malaysian cane and walked into where the gathering of girls were and I caned as many as I could back to back and those who I didn’t cane I turned over my knee and spanked them. On that Saturday night I played with more girls that one evening than I had at several other parties combined,  it was non stop until the early hours.

Windsor was back. FMS followed and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Shadowlane came and while I had a couple of down days,  for the most part it was a very positive party. That one was a mixed bag only because of actions that happened. It may be a spanking party but I still have old fashioned morals,  including one part where someone deliberately insulted me and the 1981 Richard Windsor started to rise to the surface. This time I was actually proud of myself because I upped and left a room to find somewhere to enjoy myself. Why would I want to be in the company of someone who doesn’t want my company?

And finally came a Christmas party and a New year’s party. Both events I would normally rarely play at,  but not this year. This year I wanted to play and I wanted to play as much as I could,  and I didn’t disappoint myself. It was cathartic,  I was back to my old self and it was the greatest feeling in the world. I was excited,  happy and I started to communicate with people once again. The party that I am going to next weekend I am going to have to be honest with you,  I just can’t remember being this excited for a spanking party in such a long time. This is the same type of excitement that I feel when I join my own group of friends at the annual SSC event.

Like I said,  there are only three events that I have planned next week,  but they are all exciting ones. I’m sure other play will happen but if it doesn’t,  can you understand why I have so much anticipation of this being such a wonderful event. The old Richard is back and it is a great feeling,  this is going to be the best year ever,  I just know it. The way that I felt when I first started my journey is how I feel right now,  joyful,  excited and carefree.