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I went to lunch on Thursday by myself. Everyone else either brought lunch or were not around. They offered to wait for me to get something so that I could eat with them. I walked down the street to Subway. I ordered my sub, they toasted it, then asked me what sauce I wanted. I said Ranch. The guy squeezed the applicator bottle and the cap fell off into my sub followed by most of the fluidy contents. I now had a Ranch sub waiting for me. My meat was swimming in white dressing. And then the guy looked up to catch my eye. I think he was looking for approval, like he could pawn this mess off on me. Perhaps the ever present look of being pissed scrawled on my face was enough for him because he immediately threw it away and rushed to make another one up to the point of progress we had left off at. I'm beginning to not like Subway that much anymore. It may just be the one near where I work.

out for a drink

I went out Tuesday night for a drink with the last person you would ever expect. If you guessed it before you read this good for you. Yes, it was Aaron. Mr.RSX himself. I don't know what made me agree to it but I really did not feel like doing nothing when I had the chance to actually do something. Do I really need to say more than that? I will not share the minutes from our meeting but I will admit to the possibblity that it could happen again.

new things that aren't mine

A few days after I got my car back, my sister's car started making funny noises which was probably the precursor to the transmission falling out. She knew it was expensive to fix so she decided to get a new car. But the thing is, she has no patience. She wanted to go out and buy a car that night even though she has no money. That night she test drove a PT Cruiser with flames on the side. She did not get that. But the very next day I came home from work and she told me that she found a car and that she could have it in the next few days. It's a silver 2000 Jetta.

On Saturday, my parents had a new refridgerator and stove delivered. They paid to have the old ones removed which meant that it was goodbye to the only fridge and stove I have known in this house. They were an awful yellow and were older than I am. I am still adjusting to the change. Ruby was closed in the bathroom the whole time. She was not happen camper and made her presence known as her bark and growls echoed out. I could not help but laugh when one of the delivery guys slipped up in the stairs in the water that had just leaked out of the fridge they just took outside.

I was told that by the end of the week my neighbors would have a second garage. Last week came and went the all that is there is a cement slab which had been done the week before that.

I have yet to get myself anything for myself. I can't decide what to get.

It seems like every six months...

...I am without a car. I got home Friday night and parked my car as usual in the driveway. Come Saturday when I went to leave, my car would not start. There were no warning signs, just a huge hunk of metal, plastic and rubber that refused to be a car. It was back in November when the fuel pump went bad, in March my fuel injectors got clogged, who knows what this problem will end up being. I'm beginning to believe the feeling that have have had for a while now. "Never let Pep Boys touch your car." I got my car inspected there in July. Me thinks that may not have been the wisest thing to do.

I am just shy of having the car 2 years and have only put about 17,000 miles on it. Why can't it wait until I have some more money saved up to start acting up? Because of this I have to put off buying myself something for my b-day, well at least until I find out how much it will cost me to fix it.

the roof is done

After a week and a day, the roof is finally done. This is a good thing becasue I am tired of my hands smelling like shingles. I am also tired of wearing clothes that smell like a mixture of sun tan lotion and sweat. Somehow that combination equates to the scent that used to permeate the camper we used to use on vacation. I am also one for not taking more than one shower a day.

I wore gloves after the first day because by the end of that day, I had 3 busted open blisters and a bruised hand. Come the end of the project, the gloves made me look like a hobo, because they had no finger tips left, with a hammer and a utility knife scuttling around a roof.

After the first couple days, I got sunburn which continues to itch right now.

It is very monotinous roofing a house. Reminded me a lot of my temp jobs. I'm really not looking forward to doing to again anytime soon and hopefully I won't.