Forty Nine

I just noticed my car has 49,000 miles on the odometer. It had less than 11,000 when I bought it in early 2008.


~Matt

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Cheap Gas

This is the cheapest gas I've seen in a long time, and my tank is almost empty! A great combination I think.

I looked at my car's log book and I paid 2.459 on April 4 and 2.469 on January 30. Otherwise every other tank this calendar year has been higher.

~Matt

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(c) 2010 iWolff Ltd.

Location:River Rd,Cincinnati,United States

Home, safely

I just returned a few minutes ago after a trip to Berea. My nephew Josh and two friends had come up for the weekend and needed to go back today. Earlier I recruited them to help move tables and chairs at the museum, so we went out to eat at La Rosa's before the drive. Knowing I'd be driving back on my own I asked Josh to drive south. He did well.


~Matt

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(c) 2010 iWolff Ltd.

Location:Highland Ave,Fort Mitchell,United States

Stuck

I've been stuck in stop-and-go traffic, trying to leave Nashville, for nearly two hours. I'm told it is due to construction. I think the road narrows to one lane ahead…

I'd hoped to visit Lincoln's birthplace on my way home today. Now I sincerely doubt I can get there before it closes.

~Matt

-- Posted from my iPhone
(c) 2010 iWolff Ltd.

Location:Goodlettsville,United States

Traffic

Going to and from the Creation Museum I rarely see heavy traffic. Unfortunately the days I go into the Museum Center I see traffic. This is what I saw when merging onto I75 S yesterday evening.



~Matt

-- Posted from my iPhone
(c) 2010 iWolff Ltd.

Passing

When you are passing a car on the highway do you look over at the driver? I noticed a while that I tend to look at the driver when I am passing or being passed. I have noticed that when I am looking over at the drivers many of them are looking back at me. Today I even saw a driver ahead of me look over as he was passing a car.

What about you? Do you look at cars when you pass or are passed?

~Matt

Independently mobile again

No this isn't my car, but practically identical. This image came from Wikipedia and is labeled as a 1995 year vehicle--mine is 1994, but the same colour. Unfortunately mine doesn't look so nice. It is once again drivable however!

I just received a call from my brother-in-law to say that the vehicle has been fixed. :-) It cost less than half of what it might have as the mechanic was able to salvage the wheel hub when repairing the brakes (I think that was what the problem was). I consider it quite a bargain when I realize what I might have had to pay.

Now I can stop borrowing family vehicles! I didn't ever get around to learning to drive stick though--I really need to do that so I can just borrow the truck if something goes wrong in the future. Now I just need to find the time. I hope to call AIG today and see what is going on. I really hope they still want to hire me, I'm just concerned that it has been so long with no communication. I want to make sure that no signals were crossed or misinformation communicated. If I can start working there I'll get my evenings free and have a life where I could learn to drive stick again without having to plan it a month in advance just to find the free time. ;-)

~Matt

In Which I Borrow a Car

Doesn't that sound like a good episode or chapter title? Unfortunately it is true to life. My car wasn't doing so well as I started to drive home, with the brakes acting a bit strange. I called my brother-in-law for advice and he said to go ahead and come home, just go slow and keep back from other cars. I did this, but was still a bit nervous.

Today I borrowed his mom's car, and she said I could also use it tonight to get to bigg's. I'm not yet sure what tomorrow holds. I could borrow my brother-in-law's truck if I could drive stick, but unfortunately I cannot, and I don't really have enough time to learn. He did say that he would try to arrange for the repair shop he uses to take a look at my van. It has been abused greatly and I feel horrible for how it looks now compared to how nice it looked when my parents owned it.

Granted, it hasn't all been my fault, but still, I can't help but feel guilty, especially for the bit of damage I did cause by scraping the wall of my garage. But as my mom reminded me last night this is why I have a savings account. Of course unless you're saving for something special or a vacation you don't really want to spend that account--but sometimes you need to, and this will probably be one of those times.

~Matt