Well I have not been writing lately and while I can make up numerous excuses such as vacation, work, family, and taxes, it is never any excuse so I will just jump right back on the proverbial horse and get to writing. Lots of good stuff going on lately, I think last I wrote was before I was about to head out to Florida on vacation. Where to start. Hmmm.
Okay, I am going to list it out so I don't forget anything.
1)Rant about stupid people on the beltway.
2)Vacation and the island of misfit animals.
3)Working on the kitchen, and how it buys off Meg.
4)Visiting Family and birthday parties.
5)Anything I'm forgetting.
Well needless to say I have been feeling a little more financially secure, at least I WAS up until a couple weeks ago when this lovely event happened. I was driving home one sunny afternoon, relaxed and enjoying myself, toying with the idea of selling my car any getting something of an SUV nature when lo- and behold I see some cardboard sitting in the road ahead of me. Well I think, I COULD swerve to miss it, but there are people right next to me, and since it is cardboard I will drive above it, and it looks like it is sitting low enough to be of no consequence. Problem 1: it was not cardboard. It was a cinder block that had fallen off a truck in front of me. Problem 2: It was a FUCKING CINDER BLOCK. Need I say more?! Well what eventually turned out was this, a cinder block had rolled off some Tard's truck somewhere ahead of me, this cinder block had rolled under a van in front of me tearing out his oil pan, rolled under my car smashing up my engine mounts and exhaust, and taking out the tires of the guy behind me. Now I can't recall if I mentioned this in an earlier blog, but to sum up it came to about $4500 in damages, of which I had to pay about $520 due to insurance. FAIL. But my insurance company gave me a rental car, which I then used on my vacation to drive to Florida. WIN. I drove that bitch into the ground. But now... on to vacation:
Vacation was SWEET. My Uncle Bill lives in Florida with my Aunt and they have a spare beach Condo they are selling but let us use. Very nice of them. And they were great cause they gave us the professional tour of the area, which included hitting up some surprise cites like the American Legion and the Elks Club. Let me tell you, do you know where all the elderly are at 1:30 in the afternoon? I Do. They are at the American Legion, Breaking It DOWN. It was like dark room, disco ball, DJ in the corner and 100 people totaling about 9000 years of wealth and experience tearing it up on the dancefloor. It was AMAZING. Rock it out elderly people. Rock..It..Out.
But being if Florida was a lot of fun. One interesting, and slightly disturbing, place we visited was the Aquarium. The Aquarium... of Handicapped Animals. There was a seaturtle with no front fins paddling around in giant tank. Just let that image sink in. There was a Dolphin, a great success story, who had no tail but for whom they made a Prosthetic Tail. But for some reason he didn't have it on and was floating around in his tank like some bizarre huge shrimp trying to keep his head above water. So Sad! But the fun didn't stop there. Oh no. Across the street from the condo was a Bird sanctuary with all the Handicapped BIRDS. Hundred of Pelicans that could fly, and other birds of the beach that had apparently taken on the motor boats of the world and lost in a flurry of feathers. They were adorable. A bit sad, but adorable. A bit featherless... but adorable.
But much time sunning was had, there was much wind and some rain, but we went to bars and got a full fledged tour from my uncle when the weather was not peak. Ate too much. Had all you could eat crab which was a win, and then in an effort to walk off the meal strode past the bird sanctuary on the way to the beach. We ran, or "ran" meaning something of a too full waddle, for about a quarter mile when we noticed that about 50 seagulls could smell the crab on us and gave chase. F-ers are diligent I must say. All in all, fantastic and relaxing. A LOT of driving, but hey, it wasn't my car so it was okay.
Lets see, #3 on the list. Working on the kitchen. Well I had some family come up this past weekend so I have been working on the kitchen a lot re-doing the cabinets to look "cottagy" I feel very proud of this cause it is affordable and looks good, and Meg is showering me with Praise (woot!) so it is motivation in itself. But it will hopefully be done soon. Oh, so much to do in a house. Blarg.
Last weekend Family visited. Saw the bro and his new girl with whom he is most amused, and who amuses me as well. Saw the parents and they are doin well and are going to do some yardwork up in NJ as they do. Hung out with everyone on the porch and that made me really happy cause it was just a nice time. Drank too much wine and went to a party afterwords. Went to sleep with an Oxygen monitor on my finger cause I'm a nerd and was given the opportunity to use it so I decided to see what my sleep phases looked like. All healthy woot!.
Aside from that, just the usual working, writing, and exercising. Trying to get back into the swing of things as I have been a slacker from the vacation. Not terrible, but there has been a bit too much fried chicken in my diet as of late and I'm trying to get back to the good ol... *sighs despondently* ... health food regime. *sigh*
But it makes me feel better.
Oh, other thing. Kinda tried to cut my own hair the other night. I felt very proud about the results. That was until Meg came down, looked at me, and proceeded to nearly laugh until she threw up. Kinda didn't do such a good job on the back of my head. A bit reminiscent of a cat and a weed eater. Big chunks missing, small chunks missing. Very sad. So I now have no hair. Hooray Summer Doo!
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