Hi everyone!!
Anyone miss me? :p Didn't think so...lol
So, here's a little venting .....
For those who don't know, I work for a local home owners association. Ok, get all the booing, hissing and shit out of the way now....I'll wait............................................................................................
ok, so now that you got that out of your system...I'll continue. Friday afternoon, I was driving around with my own vehicle to check up on a few problem houses. After completing one section, I decide to go get some lunch for myself and a co-worker. Upon getting to Quiznos, my oil light comes on. So, being used to that, I grab a spare bottle of oil out of the trunk, put it in, then proceed to get lunch. Heading back to the office, in the heat w/o a/c in the car, i head out of the parking lot and onto the main road. My car, which had been making some noise (i thought due to dirty fuel injectors), starts acting up. I turn left onto the main road and get to the next light which is read, and the car stops....completely!! Mind you, it's about 1:30 in the afternoon....I attempt to restart my car....about 10 times......it tried to turn over, but never did. So, I turn on my hazards, get out of the car and pop the hood. No steam...so, I'm thinking, it can't be THAT bad....
Meanwhile, being stuck in the middle lane of a road at an intersection suckes ass. Dumbasses driving up behind me are paying absolutely NO attention to me...until they get up on my ass...and start wondering why the f*** I'm standing in the middle of the road behind my car. So, I call my boss, and she sends 2 of my other coworkers to come get me. We end up using the other vehicle, a Jeep Cherokee, I think, to push my car to the nearest side road to get my car out of the way.
When I get back to the office, my wonderful GM, which, I do need to do something nice for her....called up a local mechanic to tow my car to his shop to look at it, all for free!! (yeah!). When they pick the car up, I tag along to find out what is wrong with the damn car. They get it back to the shop and try to start it up. While doing so, a little boy of about 10 years old whips his head around and says, "Hey dad, I think they're starting up that motorcycle out there!!" (that's how loud and horrible my car sounded). I looked at the boy and said, "I wish it were that, but nope, it's my car!!" The boy looked crushed.......but not as bad as I would be looking in a few....
The owner of the shop comes in and says, "I got some bad news for you!"
At this point, I'm thinking it's the alternator or something really bad......
He turns to me and says, "By the way it sounds, I think you may have thrown a couple of rods in the engine. We can't be sure unless we start taking the engine apart!!"
****!!
So, they take me back to work, and I"m just absolutely useless....I can't concentrate on a damn thing and wondering how in the world I'm going to be able to afford a new car.....
So, I call my brother up. I tell him the situation, only to vent and so that I wouldn't have to call my mother to have to ask her for help. My brother tells me that he knows someone who buys cars, rebuilds them and resells them. He told me he'd call the guy and see what kind of deal he could work out.
So, in the meantime, I'm calling my insurace company to tell them what happened so that I could try to get my money back, since I had just paid the bill Thursday night.....and just got my new EZ Tag, AND just had filled up gas in my car....(but don't think I'm bitter bout any of this, ok?) lol
My brother calls back, I guess my 30 mins to an hour later...I have no concept of time at this point either. He tells me that since he and his wife are expecting (yes, I'm going to be an uncle for the 4th time.....first time on my brother's side), that he needs to sell his car so they can get a new one. He follows that up with, "Hey, I know you don't me to make it look like a charity case or taking pity on you, so I'll sell you my car for $100!!"
I was flabbergasted, not b/c of his comment about being a pity case, but b/c he actually thought about GIVING me his car.....(there are stories behind that, but y'all will have to ask me bout it in person...assuming I want to talk bout that). So, of course, I say ok!!
So, after that, I actually get a little bit of work done and end up leaving work at 6. With the work day FINALLY over, I again attempt to contact Suzy to come out. After much text messaging, she agrees to come out. We end up going out to eat, then watch the Astros game. During that time, we decide to do the Extreme bowling at a local AMF. We end up bowling for 2 hours or so. Now, when I was 5 years younger, I could probably do that and not feel a thing. Saturday, I felt pretty good....until the evening, when all the pain decided to show up in my left leg. Sunday, I could walk, but with a very bad limp. I felt like I needed a walker....ugh.....
So, I have survived the weekend...and dreading having to go back to work tomorrow. It's going to be pretty hectic and add in the fact that I have to rush home so I can meet suzy to go to the game tomorrow night. That's going to be fun.....(the game, not the rushing to downtown from Katy.....) In the meantime, I'm trying to get pack for Thurday, when I'll be heading out to Canyon Lake, TX, to go floating down the river.....with a beautiful woman (and unfortunately) her boyfriend and a few others. I also need to buy a few other things, like suntan lotion (ask suzy bout the last time I came back from the river). Another thing I need to buy is a tube for the river. The place we're going to is expensive as heck!! $20 deposit for a tube, plus I think another $15 for the day....assuming you float the entire trek of the river. I tried to go out and buy a tube, but most of the tubes I have seen around town, from Academy to Walmart, are all those colorful tubes, that are called 'towable tubes' cost a bare minimum of $50!! WHAT THE FUCK?? When I was a kid, we could buy big ass black rubber tubes for like $5. If any of you know where to find those, PLEASE let me know.
Anyhow, that's my rant. I hope everyone else is doing well. Brad, I'm thinking that maybe we'll try to bowl again in a few weeks. Maybe the weekend of the 25th?? Get with suzy and/or me. E-mail me or send something through myspace. It'll depend on her schedule and if I decide to go visit my buddy and his wife in college station. Brian and Jess, how's the weather up there? Hotter than hell here. Hi to everyone else!! :-)
This is the "soon to be tanned" Asian cowboy signing off for now!
OK, since I've been lazy on the weekly site links, here''s some to make up.
