So yesterday I thought I was in car hell, but of course that was before I got the bill. Now I know that I'm in something way worse than car Hell.. I don't even think they have a name for it yet. Don't worry I'll think of one. So not only did my car fail the emissions test ($30), but it had to have a diagnostic ($82) and then I needed a new catalytic converter ($160) plus labor ($120) - which in the end comes out to over $400 dollars!!!! ($424 total including tax) and that doesn't include the registraion or inspection fees!!! Bye Bye 2 weeks of work! GRRRRR is all I have to say about that!
But on a happier note, tonight AJ and I hung out cause she came back form Boston yesterday, and we had a pretty chill time:)

Pebbles in the Road Less Taken
Just a little link to my sister's blog - she actually wrote in it today! And some of it was about me?? What's the deal on that!?!? (if you want to know what I'm talking about you'll just have to go read it for yourself). At any rate, I'm in car HELL. I have to get re-registered and inspected by the end of this month (ha), and in order to do that I have to get the many problems with my car fixed, which is near impossible considering my schedule this summer!!!! I haven't driven my own car to work in like 2 weeks, and tomorrow I have to get a friend to take me because my car is- once again -in the shop. I've already spent close to $150 on a new muffler, emissions test, and inspection. Now I have to spend another $280 tomorrow on getting some thing that I have to have in order to pass the emissions test (wait I also forgot I got a new tire too). I have no idea how I'm going to pay for all of this crap, and still have enough money left over to take care of paying for school, because my rents definately DO NOT have enough money for that. AHHHHHHH!

I'm feeling pretty chipper today. Even though it was a blasé kinda day, with boring rain and a grey sky, I feel happy. Plus most of the people in my life are having good times right now. Rachel went out on 2 dates - with different guys! (even though she doens't consider the 1st one a date, he did so it counts) And the guys she went out with are very good looking too:) I told her to throw the one she doesnt want my way. He's definately a hottie. At any rate, I'm going to call it a night - peace!

Well yesterday I swam in the first day of Summer Awards. Talk about a humbling experience. The oldest people there, second to me, were some 17 year olds. Yay. So there I was, with my made-up times, swimming in like the first heat (the slowest) of every event, and getting my ass kicked by 15 year olds. And let's not forget about the current Rays swimmers, my dad's old unloyal ones, who were kicking my ass and reveling in it. Sigh. At least I was improving on my "coach's times" though. But still, my 200 free was 10 second off my best time. Ouch. My 200 IM was the same. Oh well. I'm leaving in a few mins for day 2, another humbling experience. But I know that I'm doing the right thing, because I haven't once stopped to ask myself why. And that means that I really have missed this as much as I thought, and that I don't regret getting back into training. Even if Coach Kinney doesn't want me to swim for him this year - there's always next year.

I want to go back to school. Lots. I'm moving back in on August 12, nice and soon. Then I don't have to worry about working a gagillion hours a day anymore. It will be so nice to relax. Not like debate week is all that relaxing, but at least more so than my current schedule. Sigh. I'm going to a swimmeet this weekend. Going to embarass myself infront of all the little kids. Howwonderful it will be. I'm too tired to think of anything witty to write today, not like I normally write witty things, but I like to try. I can't even make an attempt at the moment. Oh well.

Don't you hate it when you talk up something as if it's going to be the greatest thing on Earth, but then it turns out to be not that great? Yeah - well that;s what happened to me tonight. Oh well. AJ, Trisha, Lesley, and my fam and I went to see the fireworks at Dahlgren tonight. I recall the fireworks last year being spectacular, and way better than what they managed at Central Park from the previous year, however this year there were several "pauses" when they didn't shoot anything off, and the grand finale wasn't like I expected it to be. Oh well. I still had a blast, I just felt like an ass. It really was great to get together and hang out though, we discussed the differences between our respective colleges, about our roommates, and about old memories. I hope we can get together again, because i really had fun. We've grown up and changed, but we still have the same - this sounds lame i know- "core" personalities that we;ve always had. They've just matured and developed in differen directions. I hope we can all do it again, but with more people that would appreciate the kind of girlie, "remember when" nostalgia that we love so much. Till then I suppose....