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It's raining today, so the icon is particularly appropriate. Or rather, it's mostly been grey and morbid most of the day, with occasional moments of emo downpour.
Either way, my life may be looking up a bit. Or maybe not -- I'm at the point where it's silly to get my hopes up.
Dan and I went to Jackson to go look at a couple of bikes we saw for sale on Craigslist. They're not in great shape, but they aren't all that bad, either; definitely better than what we've got, which is an elderly (as in 40+ years old) women's bike and a $70 bike I got from Walmart fifteen years ago that probably weighs 60 pounds.
These were $35 each, so we were in pretty good shape afterwards. They need some work -- I took a test ride out on the pink bike, got to the top of a hill, tried to brake......and nothing. Yikes! So it may need some new brakes, and/or the brakes need to be tightened up. Additionally, the shifters are really tough to shift.... but the bikes have been stored in this couples' shed for a while, so it probably just needs a good dousing with WD40 and some use.
We stopped by Grandma's house on the way back (well, it wasn't on the way, but Grandma had been a little weird on the phone with mom yesterday so we were requested to stop in on her. She's fine.) My great-aunt and uncle were there, and y'no? Why is everybody so horrified that Dan and I are planning on getting married eventually and getting his green card? If it's just us getting married, everybody's cool, but as soon as we mention a green card they're like,"Are you sure? Do you really want to get married?" Agh.
Final stop, we stopped in at the bank to see about a check that went missing out of one of Dan's deposits and ended up horsing around a bit. The bank manager also offered to submit my resume to the regional recruiter, too, which honestly is great -- I would love to work there, and this bank truly did save me when I was in China and First Federal had screwed me around so much.
Anyway, so, we have a couple of new bikes to get up to working order in the next few days, and I need to submit my resume to the bank manager so she can pass it onto the recruiter tonight. And I have a fuzzy cat on my lap. All is well. :)
Either way, my life may be looking up a bit. Or maybe not -- I'm at the point where it's silly to get my hopes up.
Dan and I went to Jackson to go look at a couple of bikes we saw for sale on Craigslist. They're not in great shape, but they aren't all that bad, either; definitely better than what we've got, which is an elderly (as in 40+ years old) women's bike and a $70 bike I got from Walmart fifteen years ago that probably weighs 60 pounds.
These were $35 each, so we were in pretty good shape afterwards. They need some work -- I took a test ride out on the pink bike, got to the top of a hill, tried to brake......and nothing. Yikes! So it may need some new brakes, and/or the brakes need to be tightened up. Additionally, the shifters are really tough to shift.... but the bikes have been stored in this couples' shed for a while, so it probably just needs a good dousing with WD40 and some use.
We stopped by Grandma's house on the way back (well, it wasn't on the way, but Grandma had been a little weird on the phone with mom yesterday so we were requested to stop in on her. She's fine.) My great-aunt and uncle were there, and y'no? Why is everybody so horrified that Dan and I are planning on getting married eventually and getting his green card? If it's just us getting married, everybody's cool, but as soon as we mention a green card they're like,"Are you sure? Do you really want to get married?" Agh.
Final stop, we stopped in at the bank to see about a check that went missing out of one of Dan's deposits and ended up horsing around a bit. The bank manager also offered to submit my resume to the regional recruiter, too, which honestly is great -- I would love to work there, and this bank truly did save me when I was in China and First Federal had screwed me around so much.
Anyway, so, we have a couple of new bikes to get up to working order in the next few days, and I need to submit my resume to the bank manager so she can pass it onto the recruiter tonight. And I have a fuzzy cat on my lap. All is well. :)