I guess it’s been a bit longer than I had planned. A lot has happened over the last few years. Jenna and I divorced; we abandoned the house; we filed for bankruptcy; I reconnected with some old friends; I met a girl; and I took a trip to Ireland, Wales, England and Scotland (partly with my cousin and partly solo). Now, a little more than a year after meeting, I’m getting ready to move in with that new girl. Hopefully over the coming months I’ll start posting a bit more, about the trip, about the girl, and about our adventures together.
Trips
Car Go Bang!
Yes, tis true; someone has smashed into the back of my Rav4. Car Go Bang made for an interesting week. Last Wednesday at about 5:32 PM on Rock Quarry Road an Italian man decided he wasn’t going to use his breaking system and used mine instead. I saw him coming I just couldn’t get out of the way fast enough and right up underneath of my car he went.
No one stopped. No one called the police. My cell phone? I left it at home on the counter. Now, some of you know how paranoid I can be at times. We all watch the news and see the freakish stories. I was terrified that I would be on the 6 o’clock news and not in a good way.
At about the time where I started loosing consciousness the man who so abruptly introduced his car to mine called Jason. Jason had asked me if I had called the cops. All I could say is no, you need to do that. I am glad he did.
The driver, with only a license to drive fleet cards and no insurance had asked me several times not to call the cops. Not that I could with having leftl home without my phone. I felt stranded!
My car did not look all that damaged however, the back doors do not open anymore. The muffler makes a beautiful put-put-put and the weather stripping on the front windshield is all wrinkled. I called the body shop today (the car has been there since last Thursday) and I was told the car is still not finished being evaluated. I am okay with that. I would rather them take the time and do it right. When I asked him how it was looking his exact words were, “Look’ in kinda rough” and I just couldn’t believe it.
We will be mailing out our new address cards within the next week. I will say I was able to get them super cheap thanks to www.vistaprint.com. They aren’t spectacular but they do the trick.
Excited about the comic book convention! Who loves a nerd! (I do!)
Tomorrow, Jason & I are off to Charlotte where we will be attending Heros Aren’t Hard to Find, a comic book convention. Boy, I can’t wait.
That’s right! I cannot wait to rest my pretty little head on those Heavenly Pillows, sleep in those Heavenly Beds at The Westin, shower in their Heavenly Shower, and lounge at the pool. While Jason is walking around with all those guys dressed up like Spiderman or The Silver Surfer, I will be sipping a appletini while Jorge the pool boy feeds me grapes. Okay already, I might not get the grapes fed to me by Jorge but I am definitely going for that appletini!
We still have not had any offers on the house. But who knows. Our day will come.
The Zoo Trip (the secret to not having to walk up hill)
Okay, so after we literally hiked up hill for 4 hours on Sunday, I get to work Monday and a co-worker tells me the genius secret to how not to walk up hill at the zoo.
You park in Africa and take the tram to the top of the hill and walk back down the hill to the tram station, seeing all the lions, elephants, and monkeys in-between.
Then, you take the tram back to the top of the hill and walk down to North America. Then, you take the tram all the way back to Africa.
Otherwise, be prepared to sweat! And, yes, I loved the puffins but the otters were a close second!
There’s an evil monkey living in my closet.
We went to the NC Zoo this past Saturday and who ever designed that place should be shot. Somehow, they managed to make it UP HILL BOTH WAYS! We started on the African side and for about the first 3/4 of the 8 mile trek, the walk was up hill.
The animals and stuff were pretty cool and of course my favorite part was the monkeys. Monkeys are awesome. The only thing better than a money is a Ninja Monkey. Jenna liked the Puffins, which I guess are artic bird kind of like penguins but they can actually fly.
Overall it was a good trip but I don’t plan on going back until we have a kid who is old enough to walk the whole thing without me having to carry him/her.