Guess what? I have a new car!
But I forgot to take a picture, so this little description of the most important points will have to suffice for now:
'95 Honda Civic, white, 114,000 miles, power windows and a CD player (provided by previous owner).
Can you believe all that? A '95, so extremely new! Less than 15 years old, unlike the '89 Toyota - which latter is practically as old as I am. Only 114,000 miles... wow, I can't remember driving a vehicle under 200,000. Power windows can be really annoying since I am always rolling my window down and forgetting to put it up till after I've turned the car off, but oh well, just have to train myself. And the CD player! There' s a radio with it, which is nice too. But having a CD player is just too wonderful.
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Saturday, April 19, 2008
What happens when you're on your own for the week
Because Stacey left for a week of vacation in Florida, all this happened...
Sunday afternoon I had to amuse myself, started reading a book in a papasan chair after lunch, fell asleep and woke up with a headache and a stomachache thirty minutes before I had to leave for evening church.
Unfortunately, after waking up that night with the same persistent headache, I had nothing but Tylenol PM left and could not find anything else Stacey might have. So I took a Tylenol PM at 3 a.m., with the alarm set for 5 a.m. My word. (Excuse the strong language.) I have never in my life had so much difficulty waking up, or staying awake, or keeping my balance in the morning. Clearly, much as we take aspirin to prevent heart disease, we should take Tylenol PM to give our wake-up hormones a good workout.
Thursday our landlord had the place inspected for termites. No termites, but it looks like they will spray for ants, which means we have to say goodbye to our favorite clean-up crew that comes faithfully out around the kitchen trash every day.
Friday morning, sometime distinctly after 5:36 AM, I stopped to listen to the screen door rattle, then something that sounded like wind blowing hard but quietly. It was odd and almost gave me chills. Did I leave the screen door open last night, I wondered, knowing of course that I hadn't.
At work one of my neighbors stopped by to say Good morning and asked, "Did you feel the earthquake?"
Well no, that was after 5:36... it must have just been a tremor or aftershock. Still, how exciting!
So you see all the terrible and exciting things that happen when you're left to yourself for a week. My, I am so glad to have Stacey back!
Sunday afternoon I had to amuse myself, started reading a book in a papasan chair after lunch, fell asleep and woke up with a headache and a stomachache thirty minutes before I had to leave for evening church.
Unfortunately, after waking up that night with the same persistent headache, I had nothing but Tylenol PM left and could not find anything else Stacey might have. So I took a Tylenol PM at 3 a.m., with the alarm set for 5 a.m. My word. (Excuse the strong language.) I have never in my life had so much difficulty waking up, or staying awake, or keeping my balance in the morning. Clearly, much as we take aspirin to prevent heart disease, we should take Tylenol PM to give our wake-up hormones a good workout.
Thursday our landlord had the place inspected for termites. No termites, but it looks like they will spray for ants, which means we have to say goodbye to our favorite clean-up crew that comes faithfully out around the kitchen trash every day.
Friday morning, sometime distinctly after 5:36 AM, I stopped to listen to the screen door rattle, then something that sounded like wind blowing hard but quietly. It was odd and almost gave me chills. Did I leave the screen door open last night, I wondered, knowing of course that I hadn't.
At work one of my neighbors stopped by to say Good morning and asked, "Did you feel the earthquake?"
Well no, that was after 5:36... it must have just been a tremor or aftershock. Still, how exciting!
So you see all the terrible and exciting things that happen when you're left to yourself for a week. My, I am so glad to have Stacey back!
Saturday, April 12, 2008
There we were...
... on the deck of the ship.
I was looking over the edge into the water, it was night -
Something like a nuclear firework cracked deep beneath us underwater and vibrated everything - we all staggered, jumped back from the edge and braced - after 3 seconds - somehow I was still looking over the edge - the water parted! and an enormous missile shot up and out, shaking everything with its passing... arced away... exploded enormously and red in the night sky.
I was looking over the edge into the water, it was night -
Something like a nuclear firework cracked deep beneath us underwater and vibrated everything - we all staggered, jumped back from the edge and braced - after 3 seconds - somehow I was still looking over the edge - the water parted! and an enormous missile shot up and out, shaking everything with its passing... arced away... exploded enormously and red in the night sky.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Much later...
Trevor, I missed your birthday. Happy 6th birthday!
Too bad, I was getting so used to telling everyone you are five-and-a-half. Somehow six seems a lot older.
If I come home to visit and you help make the bread, can you count up to five by yourself when we poke the loaves? I'm sure you can, from what Mommy has told us of your addition skills. You used to say "1, 2, 3, 7, 11"... or something like that.
Now be a good boy and learn to say your Rs this year!
Too bad, I was getting so used to telling everyone you are five-and-a-half. Somehow six seems a lot older.
If I come home to visit and you help make the bread, can you count up to five by yourself when we poke the loaves? I'm sure you can, from what Mommy has told us of your addition skills. You used to say "1, 2, 3, 7, 11"... or something like that.
Now be a good boy and learn to say your Rs this year!
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