| heidiho neighbor |
[Feb. 26th, 2007|12:36 am] |
so, i'm a bit behind, but not ready for sleep yet so i'll say hello. Last weekend was a 4 day weekend for me, i had one rollover day left so i took tuesday off. I never did (once again) get my taxes done. and time is really running shorter now. i was productive, and had a lot of crap happen to me. I haven't felt well for a couple of weeks, having a lot of headaches, i'm not sure why since i normally don't get those. so i wasn't highly motivated.
nevertheless, i did do stuff. one afternoon, i spent chopping ice. it took several hours to do thanks tot hat ice storm and it being so damn thick. i was sore after that for a week, and not even in a good, i just worked out way, like an i overdid it, and i really just don't feel right way. Now that was preceded by trips to 5 hardware stores, all of which had no salt or snow melt left and the amount i put down just didn't have a meaningful effect. And in the parking lot of the last one, some guy backed out of his space as i was waiting to pull in to one across the way and backed into my car. That was followed by a trip out to brooklyn to have dinner with Jodi's mom which actually was nice. except, on the way home, in the freezing weather, i got a damn flat tire. i swear we have no luck with cars lately. several years and i was fine, now since i have known jodi i've had like 4. and like the last one, this happened on a parkway, so i had to keep driving a bit to get off onto side streets and find a place that had no ice on it so i had a flat surface to put the jack on. i got lucky though, the tire wasn't frozen on completely, so with some effort, i froze my ass off, couldn't breathe well, but changed the tire.
the next day which was a holiday, i then went to get a new tire, and fortunately Mavis tire was open. but crowded since it was a holiday. and this time it was the rear, i didn't hit a curb or pothole, i'm just driving along and i heard a noise all of a sudden and knew what it had to be. anyway, this would have given me 4 different tires on my car, so i decided to replace a second one, so i had at least 2 the same on the front, and get an alignment in the meanwhile. feels safer. for $111 a tire i paid, got good cooper tires, replaced that crappy one i had gotten at walmart when i had the last flat tire and i had paid the same price (but they were the only ones open on sunday and i had to get home from jersey so i had no choice). so that was a nice chunk of change with 2 tires and the $70 alignment. but they have the greatest thing, for $10, if you hit a curb or run over a nail, they will replace the tires for free. not sure for how long, but with my luck lately i opted for it lol.
Jodi meanwhile got one of her doorhandles fixed so she can get in the driver's side now. i just hope her car doesn't freeze again. the weather here is pretty sucky tonight.
So the following day (tuesday) was then spent getting an estimate to fix the damage from the parking lot. $350. there is no such thing as a $100 repair on a car anymore. even at less than 5 miles an hour. so i need to call the guy who hit me tomorrow and see if he will just pay it. it's just a hassle, i hardly care it's so minor over the wheel well, but the thing is, it's creased metal not plastic, so if i don't fix it, it could rust and then i have bigger problems. so i will likely have to go thru the hassle of dropping it off. the guy who hit me was nice, and he has a bunch of pins in his neck, which is prolly why he didn't turn around all the way and see me, i was in his blind spot. he was in a handicapped space, he just got back from the military, he's got bigger problems, i feel bad even charging him, cause it shouldn't cost as much as it will. so i think that has delayed my calling him. -sigh-
After many hours in several malls also over those 2 days, jodi finally found new shoes and sneakers she needed sot hat's good. her feet will hurt less. assorted errands were completed, some fixing of my phone occurred also so that's a plus. PC Richard's got my tv saturday morning to repair it and are bringing it back tuesday. so kinda sucky 2 weekends without it, i wanted to watch the hockey game yesterday but couldn't, and no video games.
It was a short week at work this week, but it's been a long week for me starting from last weekend. saw my dad for dinner and then went to Jodi's sister's place for like a housewarming deal. brought the rest of the beer from my birthday. and i actually drank quite a bit. somewhere int he double digits in beers and maybe 1/2 as many shots. had a real fun time though and talked to people, it was pretty cool. it was really nice actually. i felt really bad this morning though. got home around 3:30am, slept until 1:15pm. woke up a few times for bathroom, water and tylenol. but ugh.
i now finally feel recovered after some vitamins, fluids and eating. i slept so late though, but i am still tired but not sleepy yet. we had tickets to Mamma Mia, featuring the music of Abba. went out to Jodi's mom's and we all had lunch and then went to the show. it was actually really good, we all really enjoyed it. the 3rd quarter wasn't so good, it was slow, and too many songs, not advancing the plot. also it was too hot in the theater. but other than that, very enjoyable and i'm glad i went instead of sleeping even though i was so drained and tired.
And i actually read some LJ posts heh. some of you graduated school, some of you had things going on with pets, being awakened middle of the night for broken servers and all kinds of stuff. and listened to lots of the cooper lawrence show podcasts. i listened to it at work lately while working. It's pretty good and i suggest you guys all check it out if you're interested. plus it's a little weird hearing her talk about long island girls and spots and coney island and stuff and it's like heh, i hung out there too :-) she and anthony and chad seem to work well together. |
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