Word vomit.

Twenty days without a single word from myself. New record, I believe.

Anyway, I played dominos for the first time ever tonight.. Mexican dominos to be exact. It was fun.. much better than I thought it would be. I came in second, which is pretty good I must say. I am sure I will take the crown next time; I'm pumped and ready... watch out, suckers! ;)

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I finally got my brakes/rotors/drums changed out today on my car. Thank you, Thomas, for being so kind and installing it all! You are my life saver. :)

He did, however, find that I needed to replace one of my tires because it was getting too close to a blowout. Ugh. So, I took my car to Walmart after work and had two new tires put on.

It feels so much better and safer driving in my car now.. I had forgotten what it was like to put on my brakes and not have my entire car shake. Still though, I need a new windshield and an oil change. I very much miss having my dad take care of everything. Why must we grow up?!

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I've been quite sad this past week... one of my very best friends is moving off to school, about two hours away from home. Actually, he has already moved his stuff up there; but he will be back to play in the band at church one last time tomorrow. After that, he goes back to his new apartment at his new school to make new friends... :/

But seriously, I am very happy for him. This will be a great experience and he will be going into the major he is passionate about. I am excited for him because he will have some very fun/interesting classes to attend.

Yay for Bubba! :)

Also, I will have a new place to visit every so often... and it's not too far from Nashville! I've never actually visited that musical city, just their airport. I feel a road trip to Nashvegas coming soon!

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Oh yeah!... I finished my short story! :)

I will post it as soon as I get some constructive criticism back from my previewers. Not one of them has yet to tell me anything, so I may just post it without any outside help. Tell you what, I will definitely post it Tuesday... so make sure you come back then and read it! And leave all the comments you want... the good, the bad, and the ugly... I can take it all.

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Goodness, I really just went to town with this update. Sorry for skipping around to so many subjects, but that's what happens when a certain someone with a certain blog puts off updating for weeks at a time. What are we ever going to do with her?!

Car Troubles.

I took my car to get new brakes today because my car shakes and I sometimes hear a grinding sound when I put on my brakes. The guy inspected it and told me that I needed new brakes, rotors, and drums.. whatever those are. The estimate that he came up with was $450.. so, including tax and all, it would be 500 freaking dollars. 

Luckily, my friends' dad, Bill, happened to come into the lobby before the mechanic came in (he was getting something done to his car). Bill told me that I should probably get someone else to look at it to make sure what they were saying was legit. So I called my grandpa and he told me that our family friend could do it all, I would just have to buy the parts which would make the whole process A LOT cheaper. I am very thankful that Bill was there to tell me that they were probably ripping me off. Stupid men... preying off of girls who are mechanically ignorant. 

So, now I am still driving around in the death trap. Pray that it holds together until I can get it fixed!

Not only are the brakes messed up, but I need a whole new set of tires. I went about a month ago to get them rotated and the guy told me that the tread was getting so worn off that rotating them would make it more unsafe.

There is also a HUGE crack in my windshield that has been getting bigger and bigger over the past several weeks. I've been holding off on getting one or the other to see which would be more imperative because I know that as soon as I get new tires, my windshield will shatter or if I were to get a new windshield, my tires would blow out. I would be up a creek without a paddle.

But now, the brakes come first. This is so frustrating! I miss living with my dad because he took care of my car and could fix anything that was wrong with it. 

Lord, please help me!