Sunday, August 10, 2003
vehicular excitement and such...
wow, it seems like this was the first saturday in a long while that i didn't have something going on. i was almost bored, but i couldn't allow myself to feel that way, or else i'd also have to feel guilty for not doing all the stuff i should have done today. so instead i just got some new tires for the car, went to the bank, wandered the mall, didn't find anything, and realized why i never go there.
it may not seem like much, but those tires are a huge accomplishment. when i got my car back from the shop last week, they told me i needed new front tires. but i didn't realize how badly until little (and some not so little) chunks of tread came flying off during a jaunt down to carlsbad and back. i put on the ghetto little spare tire when i got down there, but that started to go flat on my way back from huntington beach (after i ran out of gas on the 405, haha), so i'm guessing maybe there's a limit to how much you can drive around on a spare. anyway, i put the original, dying tire back on and God brought me home without blowing anything out, but it was clearly time to get new tires.
our briefing conference for stint starts tomorrow afternoon and lasts for a week. and reb is leaving for new york the following tuesday. stuff just creeps up on you like that, crazy i tell you. i've never really been good at preparing myself for significant events (such as graduation, parting from all my good peoples in nc, etc.), and i'm not really expecting a miracle in that department in time for her departure. but i can [hopefully] take solace in the chance to visit her in nyc before i head down to la plata, provided that i finish raising all my support in time. that's pretty good motivation, if i do say so myself.
well now, it's almost 12:30 in the morning, and my mom is [power] sanding in the kitchen. good night all, and God bless.
sounds: maroon 5 - woman
food for thought: feed your brain so it doesn't die on you!
wow, it seems like this was the first saturday in a long while that i didn't have something going on. i was almost bored, but i couldn't allow myself to feel that way, or else i'd also have to feel guilty for not doing all the stuff i should have done today. so instead i just got some new tires for the car, went to the bank, wandered the mall, didn't find anything, and realized why i never go there.
it may not seem like much, but those tires are a huge accomplishment. when i got my car back from the shop last week, they told me i needed new front tires. but i didn't realize how badly until little (and some not so little) chunks of tread came flying off during a jaunt down to carlsbad and back. i put on the ghetto little spare tire when i got down there, but that started to go flat on my way back from huntington beach (after i ran out of gas on the 405, haha), so i'm guessing maybe there's a limit to how much you can drive around on a spare. anyway, i put the original, dying tire back on and God brought me home without blowing anything out, but it was clearly time to get new tires.
our briefing conference for stint starts tomorrow afternoon and lasts for a week. and reb is leaving for new york the following tuesday. stuff just creeps up on you like that, crazy i tell you. i've never really been good at preparing myself for significant events (such as graduation, parting from all my good peoples in nc, etc.), and i'm not really expecting a miracle in that department in time for her departure. but i can [hopefully] take solace in the chance to visit her in nyc before i head down to la plata, provided that i finish raising all my support in time. that's pretty good motivation, if i do say so myself.
well now, it's almost 12:30 in the morning, and my mom is [power] sanding in the kitchen. good night all, and God bless.
sounds: maroon 5 - woman
food for thought: feed your brain so it doesn't die on you!
