Happy Birthday Laura Mobile!
The Laura Mobile celebrated it's 5th birthday on Sunday. I can't believe it was so long ago that I got my car, and for that matter I can't believe senior year of highschool was that long ago. The Laura Mobile celebrated by getting a full rear break job on Tuesday followed by a NYS inspection. She has 38,900 miles or so right now. My car now breaks like new! I remember back on my birthday test driving Subaru’s and thinking how great the breaks were on them, and my breaks had been making that grinding noise/sensation for months before that. Honestly, when I first went to break from like 50mph I panicked that I didn't have breaks b/c it braked without making the break noise/sensation but then I realized the car was stopping like magic.
Jon, this also of course means I haven't seen you in five years since the last time I saw you was when I got my car.
Being back at tutoring this week has gone well. You'll recall I had essentially two weeks off since I took my two days off two weeks ago to visit Karissa and then they were closed last week for the holiday. I was oddly nervous about going back, idk why. Today I did the worlds shittiest job of teaching momentum and impulse to a kid who really psyched me out b/c he was wearing a suit (b/c he just had some senior interview). I need like 30 minutes to prep when someone hands me something I haven't looked at in months if not years. It also doesn't help that I'm trying to figure it out on the spot in the noisy bull pen. When I'd ask my Dad for help in math I'd have to surrender my assignment and my book for at least half an hour while he figured out what was going on. I hate being put on the spot and I hate feeling like I let kids down and that I've wasted their time (b/c I've been in their shoes). But other than the physics kid I feel I helped a lot of kids in the last two days. And I've also hung out with (I can't really say tutored) this really nice enthusiastic kid named Marcellus who loves to do challenge problems and brain teasers and likes to race me at math problems. So really its a toss, kids like Marcellus vs. the physics kid I let down.
Oh and on the consumer whore front I've hit some really good sales this week. As in hardcovers at the U of R bookstores (plural, RC and medcenter), apparel at JCPenny's (x-mas presents for people other than myself) and shoes at DSW (for myself). I need to stop spending money but I can't do that until I finish buying x-mas presents. I really like shopping, it doesn't matter if its for me or other people. I think one of my New Years resolutions will be to save more money. But of course, its always the fine line between want and need. Did I need new dress shoes? Yeah pretty much, but did I want those as opposed to something cheaper? Yes.
Jon, this also of course means I haven't seen you in five years since the last time I saw you was when I got my car.
Being back at tutoring this week has gone well. You'll recall I had essentially two weeks off since I took my two days off two weeks ago to visit Karissa and then they were closed last week for the holiday. I was oddly nervous about going back, idk why. Today I did the worlds shittiest job of teaching momentum and impulse to a kid who really psyched me out b/c he was wearing a suit (b/c he just had some senior interview). I need like 30 minutes to prep when someone hands me something I haven't looked at in months if not years. It also doesn't help that I'm trying to figure it out on the spot in the noisy bull pen. When I'd ask my Dad for help in math I'd have to surrender my assignment and my book for at least half an hour while he figured out what was going on. I hate being put on the spot and I hate feeling like I let kids down and that I've wasted their time (b/c I've been in their shoes). But other than the physics kid I feel I helped a lot of kids in the last two days. And I've also hung out with (I can't really say tutored) this really nice enthusiastic kid named Marcellus who loves to do challenge problems and brain teasers and likes to race me at math problems. So really its a toss, kids like Marcellus vs. the physics kid I let down.
Oh and on the consumer whore front I've hit some really good sales this week. As in hardcovers at the U of R bookstores (plural, RC and medcenter), apparel at JCPenny's (x-mas presents for people other than myself) and shoes at DSW (for myself). I need to stop spending money but I can't do that until I finish buying x-mas presents. I really like shopping, it doesn't matter if its for me or other people. I think one of my New Years resolutions will be to save more money. But of course, its always the fine line between want and need. Did I need new dress shoes? Yeah pretty much, but did I want those as opposed to something cheaper? Yes.