Day Two Hundred and Nineteen
The Sword of Honour Trilogy Page: 313
I didn’t get many pages read but I did have a very productive day yesterday. Alex and Luc and I ran a couple of errands in the early morning on the bike and then came home and cleaned out our new car. I don’t think I’ve mentioned it on here before but we got another car. FOR FREE. It’s kinda funny having decided to do without one and then end up with an extra. But this is how it went: we decided to sell the Element, listed it on Craigslist and some people came and looked at it. they were really nice and Alex turned on the charm and even thought they decided not to get it they offered us their 1993 Toyota 4Runner…for free. We couldn’t resist. Jared used to have a 1994 4Runner and loved it. Unfortunately the engine seized up one fine morning and we were left with a pretty cool looking, useless block of metal. Jared stole my car because he worked in Nampa and I rode my bike because I had the bookstore up on Emerald a few miles away. He has missed his 4Runner ever since. So now we have one, only a year older and kinda dented (it was rear-ended). It did come with about a decade’s worth of free dog hair all over it (I’m not complaining) so Alex played around in it while I used the handyman’s secret weapon, a hand vacuum, gallons of hot water and some Windex to turn it into a family car. Alex, Luc and I all needed showers after that so we took them, they took naps, I read and then Jared came home and asked for some help with J. Alexander stuff. While he cleaned the kitchen I wrote some text for an advertising brochure he’s putting together and drafted a letter and a resume for him. Then we headed off to David and MB’s for dinner which was delicious…especially the Root Beer floats!
I’m highly recommending Evelyn Waugh’s trilogy for those who enjoy military novels, TeeVee shows, and movies. It is mildly but affectionately satiric and very interesting. I like.
August 7th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
The 4-runner looks flippin’ awesome now that it is clean! I was actually scared to sit in it before.
August 7th, 2008 at 2:02 pm
Why all the random bolding?
Also, what time on Friday? I’m supposed to work, but I was already taking some of the morning off.
I guess I’ll see you tonight.
August 7th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
Not random. They are links except for the “not” which is simply for emphasis.