Well, I can safely say this hasn’t been a very good day. It started out with a minor annoyance of my washer deciding to leak all over the floor, no big deal. Cleaned it up, put in another work order.

In the middle of the night, I’m down at the Royce getting some coffee. Go out to leave…and my truck doesn’t start. I don’t think it’s the battery…I’m thinking the alternator. This truck is on its last legs. I can’t tell you the amount of times it’s died on me, take it into the shop, dies on me again. I was hoping to make it until August/September to get another car but I don’t think I can wait that long.

I think what made it so bad is sitting in the parking lot, I realized there’s not one person that I can call for help. Even for just a simple ride home…so I wound up calling a cab. Going to have to get the truck towed to a body shop tomorrow er this morning and try to figure out how I’m going to get to class.

But enough whining, it’s definitely an annoyance but, I’m getting it taken of.

It’s okay.

I enjoy hearing those words. Lol. I went and got some heavily shielded speaker cables and finally ran the rear two speakers for my surround sound system. It’s amazing the difference that it makes and I’ve been sitting here watching misc movies off and on…speaking of movies. I stumbled across Mr. Smith Goes to Washington and bought it. :) It’s definitely my favorite movie of all time.

random note: Tazo’s Spiced Chai tea really isn’t that good…Tea from Wal-Mart is better. blah. (I just went and brewed me a pot)

I love having a clean apartment. Seriously. I haven’t actually “deep-cleaned” it in a few weeks. Having to move my entertainment center, couch and chair made me decide to bust out the dust cloth and mop and get to scrubbing. So, here I sit. In my quiet clean apartment, sipping on a cup of tea and watching Shadow chase around her little ball of yarn…yeah, after a couple of days I decided I like the cat. She hasn’t made a mess or scratched on the furniture yet and she seemed so helpless I decided to keep her. I know of some people who will never let me live this down. lol

Aside from that, not much has been going on. Class is still going well. I got my SAR from my FAFSA in and it’s looking like I’ll probably be in Owensboro for the fall semester as well. Surprisingly, I’m not too disappointed about that. While I definitely still want to move out of this town I’ve managed to achieve some stability in my life. As long as I’m still going to school full-time what’s the rush? Hopefully, by next Spring I’ll be able to head out…*shrugs* a lot can happen between now and then.

Talked to my brother for the first time in ages…him and his wife are going to try to make a trip up here in the next couple of months. If they can’t, I’m going to try to go down there again. Spend the week at Zoink catching tees. Yeah!

Oh, for anyone who has ever been a waiter I’ve got two awesome sites for you. Many of you already know of WaiterRant

but I’ve found The Insane Waiter is always good for a quick laugh.

I find myself craving a road trip very badly…hop in a car and hit the road. I’d really like to go to Colorado but I’ll settle for the chance to go to Murray and meet up with some old friends. Speaking of, I need a coffee buddy. Someone who enjoys heading down to the Royce late at night for a cup of coffee and a conversation. I’ve found myself missing that a lot here lately…

How about this snow storm? Ahh, craziness. We’ve had a tornado warning, flash flood warning, thunderstorm warning and winter storm warning all in one week. Gotta love Ohio River Valley weather.

Today has been a pretty lazy day for me. Off from work, only had one class. Feeling pretty much recovered from my sinus infection, upper respiratory infection and bronchitis. Quite a mix ey?

Wound up getting caught up on some Battlefield 2 earlier…I had forgotten how addicting and infuriating that game was. “Yes, I’ve almost captured the..” ***Fredward was killed. Oops

Of course I had to get out in this weather…I was originally going to play it safe and stay in but…That’s boring and I really wanted some coffee so I made the trek downtown. Some idiot actually tried going the speed limit on the bypass before realizing that was a very bad idea and dropping it down to 25. Gotta love this area. Not only do people forget how to drive during bad weather but I have a feeling if you go to any grocery store they’re going to be lacking Milk, Bread and Water. Come on guys. It’s some snow. Not a blizzard. If I was out driving today you can probably make it to the store.

Anyway, LeAnne was working and of course she didn’t have any tables…I was the only one foolish enough to go down for coffee =P Wound up playing a couple of dice games and BSing for oh, 5 hours or so. Pretty much made myself at home. It’s been a while since I’ve brewed up a fresh pot there…Call it crazy but I like the familiarity and comfort of pretty much being able to do whatever I want…and she’s the owners daughter so apparently it’s not that big of a deal.

Now classes are canceled for the day and I’m off work…It’s like a minivacation and I’m actually feeling well enough to enjoy it. However am I going to spend my time? Probably playing Battlefield 2 followed by studying for my Civ test tomorrow. I’m really trying to ace this semester for a multitude of reasons. 1.) Because I can and 2.) Because I really want to boost my GPA. So far, I have three different plans for next semester: One is completely doable but I’d rather not, The second i’d enjoy but I’m having to wait to see how financial aid pans out…and the third I would absolutely love but it’s going to be completely impossible.

Plan everything. Allow for change.

ps: Want the best buzz from caffeine? http://scienceblogs.com/developingintelligence/2008/02/optimally_wired_a_caffeine_use.php

*sigh* I’ve got to laugh… Seriously

So, I’m getting ready to go to bed. I’ve got all the lights shut off and I haven’t even been in bed for five minutes before I’m hearing someone outside my apartment falling down/up stairs. I hear random mumblings and then a loud beating on my door. Wtf right? Turns out it’s some drunk guy who is shouting for “Adam” to come out and blah blah mumble. I finally convince him “Wrong apartment man. No Adam. Go Away”

But, now I’m wired.. probably wind up going to the Royce here in a few. lol

I should have known that after getting a solid nights sleep yesterday that my body would pay me back by keeping me up tonight. I watched tv, started to read, played a computer game but I knew that in order to get some sleep I’d have to go out and drive. Tonight held the promise of fall and my night owl persona took full force as I drove without a destination finding myself being pulled to certain places and I willingly followed. The wind energizing me down to my very core. I also knew that as much as I love the night and this weather, that this feeling was so much more.

Winding up at the Royce I was sitting outside under the full moon. Thoughts racing through my head.. suddenly reminded of an earlier situation in this exact seat looking up at the full moon, a calmness washed over me… and with that I came home. Now fully relaxed and on my way to bed.

My FreeBSD box has been successfully upgraded but i’m still having some problems getting Apache2 working w/ ssl. Expect a tutorial for e-Liberty if I can figure this thing out.

These past couple of days have been dead.. I had forgotten how boring Owensboro is. I’m Royced out, caught up with my friends and pretty much ready to head back to Murray. Although, it has been nice walking by the river and driving around on the backroads. As much as I hate the familiarity of the town, I do like knowing all the shortcuts. It’s winter and I’m walking outside, anyone else see a problem with that?

(Mostly) completed the front-end for the online registration system for Racerband last nite thanks to Andy helping me out.

Well, one thing has been making me pretty mad. I’m trying to mod out my V3 RAZR but I’m having problems getting it connected. I’m using the appropriate drivers but no program can connect to it. Hardware Manager detects it as a USB Modem but I’m unavilable to query the modem. Says I haven’t configured the IRQ for it.. but it’s USB I shouldn’t have too.. and I don’t have an option to set it.

Well guys, It’s offical. I’m now working at The Royce. I worked Saturday but tonight was my first night as an employee. It went really well.. I was kind of shocked.

It’s only three days a week. but hey
that works