Now who would go and ignore their Live Journal like that!?
Yeah yeah, so it's been a while. Again. So what's happened since our last episode - three months ago :P
I still have the A4. Made quite a few payments since the last post, so the price on it had dropped considerably. Give me a buzz if you want it. Neko, I'm looking @ you...
Kelly and I have been great. We've been saving a ton of money, thanks to her. I've never been good @ saving the stuff, but man oh man, can I spend it. So we've been spending less time going out and more time staying in with each other. Just watching TV and working on the Quest, cleaning it and such. Which by the way, is keeping the streak alive!
At the beginning of July, There was a local car show about a minute from the apartment that we decided to enter. We spent the Thursday and Friday prior to the show cleaning the hell out of every nook and cranny of the thing. Also cleaned, polished, and shined up the engine quite a bit as well. The previous weekend I polished up and painted the wheels too. During the show I got a ton of "You don't see these around anymore" and "What's that?" comments. It was alot of fun to tell people about the car, and how I got it and all that. Well after the show was said and done, the Quest got 2nd place in the 80's class! And that extends my show trophy streak to 4, continuing from the last 3 shows I had my old Galant in.
Which brings me to the sad part of this post. One of my friends had free Carfax reports for the month and I thought it'd be interesting to see what's going on with the old G. To my dismay, the Galant now resides in a junkyard in Bloomington IL. The last reported mileage wasn't even 4,000 miles above the total I ran her up to when I sold it. Best case scenario for it is it's a show car only(because it shows as a salvage/rebuilt title w/ no reported mileage) but I highly doubt it. So if you happen to be around a junkyard in Bloomington/Normal IL, look for a green 98. Please bring flowers.
This now brings me to an important part of this post. If you've read this journal since way back when, you know my heart and soul was poured into that car. I sacrificed so much for that car. And for what? For all that work to go unappreciated by some kid who totaled it, and have it end up in a yard. What a waste. Yeah, it was a little depressing to find out it's a giant paperweight now, but it's not something that ruined my day or anything like that. If anything, it's made me feel better about the direction I've taken. The car's not that important. Yeah I went and got the Conquest, but now I know not to go overboard, and that there are things much more important than that car. Like this:
Baby, I can't wait to see you again. It's going to be such a relief to have you by my side. Like I said this week is better for me because I know I'm coming home soon, but I still miss you a bunch. Knowing that I'm going to see you soon is what is getting me through the day. Every morning before I leave I read the message you sent, and smell my pretty roses. Thank you for that, it's a nice way to start my day sweety. It's going to be awesome coming back. I get to sleep next to you again and Saturday morning we get to go do something we love to do together (eat pot stickers). I can't wait for the rest of our lives baby...it starts on Friday...
With all my heart, I love you
Kel
That's one of the emails I got from Kelly this afternoon. She's out in New Jersey for training for 2 weeks! It's been pretty tough because for the 6 months we've been together, we've maybe spent a total of 10 days apart. And before she left, we knew we were going to miss each other and all that. I think we were kinda getting to that content stage with each other, you know how after a while that "puppy love" stage wears off. Well holy jumpin Moses, I don't think I've talked on the phone this much since high school! I had no idea how much we'd actually miss each other. I ended up sending a card, roses, and a teddy bear to her room just to show her how much I miss her. She helps me so much and has been a big part in getting me to where I am this very moment, and I just cannot wait until she comes back. Because once she's here, we finish up packing for our new place!
In the beginning of August, we're moving in together to an apartment in Elk Grove. It's only 5 minutes at most from work, it's on the ground floor(THANK THE LORD) and it's being remodeled as we speak! And thanks to Kel, we've already got everything accounted for, furniture, kitchen stuff, and all that. The only stuff left to do is buy the food and we're set. And it's fortunate we already set this into motion, cause no joke, DAYS after we all signed the roommate release form, the complex kicked everyone out and they're building condos. Expect them to become apartments again soon, cause I don't know anyone stupid enough to buy the place I've been living in for the $232,000 they offered us at a discount. But it's all for the best anyway. The whole roommate deal went pretty sour as of late, like money disputes and stupid antics/stunts. I'm just glad to be getting out of there. Hopefully nothing blows up in the next 2 weeks and this ends out as smooth as it should. Pray for me :P
But yeah, Friday she gets back, and that'll be coming up pretty quick, seeing that I'm spending all my extra time packing and moving. It's amazing, a year ago, I'd have never thought I'd be where I'm at right now. I'm losing weight and healthier than I've been in a long time, I've got the car I've wanted since I was 8 years old, And not only and I moving to a newly remodeled apartment, I'm doing so with a woman I'm more in love with than I thought possible. And I thank God every day for it.
I still have the A4. Made quite a few payments since the last post, so the price on it had dropped considerably. Give me a buzz if you want it. Neko, I'm looking @ you...
Kelly and I have been great. We've been saving a ton of money, thanks to her. I've never been good @ saving the stuff, but man oh man, can I spend it. So we've been spending less time going out and more time staying in with each other. Just watching TV and working on the Quest, cleaning it and such. Which by the way, is keeping the streak alive!
At the beginning of July, There was a local car show about a minute from the apartment that we decided to enter. We spent the Thursday and Friday prior to the show cleaning the hell out of every nook and cranny of the thing. Also cleaned, polished, and shined up the engine quite a bit as well. The previous weekend I polished up and painted the wheels too. During the show I got a ton of "You don't see these around anymore" and "What's that?" comments. It was alot of fun to tell people about the car, and how I got it and all that. Well after the show was said and done, the Quest got 2nd place in the 80's class! And that extends my show trophy streak to 4, continuing from the last 3 shows I had my old Galant in.
Which brings me to the sad part of this post. One of my friends had free Carfax reports for the month and I thought it'd be interesting to see what's going on with the old G. To my dismay, the Galant now resides in a junkyard in Bloomington IL. The last reported mileage wasn't even 4,000 miles above the total I ran her up to when I sold it. Best case scenario for it is it's a show car only(because it shows as a salvage/rebuilt title w/ no reported mileage) but I highly doubt it. So if you happen to be around a junkyard in Bloomington/Normal IL, look for a green 98. Please bring flowers.
This now brings me to an important part of this post. If you've read this journal since way back when, you know my heart and soul was poured into that car. I sacrificed so much for that car. And for what? For all that work to go unappreciated by some kid who totaled it, and have it end up in a yard. What a waste. Yeah, it was a little depressing to find out it's a giant paperweight now, but it's not something that ruined my day or anything like that. If anything, it's made me feel better about the direction I've taken. The car's not that important. Yeah I went and got the Conquest, but now I know not to go overboard, and that there are things much more important than that car. Like this:
Baby, I can't wait to see you again. It's going to be such a relief to have you by my side. Like I said this week is better for me because I know I'm coming home soon, but I still miss you a bunch. Knowing that I'm going to see you soon is what is getting me through the day. Every morning before I leave I read the message you sent, and smell my pretty roses. Thank you for that, it's a nice way to start my day sweety. It's going to be awesome coming back. I get to sleep next to you again and Saturday morning we get to go do something we love to do together (eat pot stickers). I can't wait for the rest of our lives baby...it starts on Friday...
With all my heart, I love you
Kel
That's one of the emails I got from Kelly this afternoon. She's out in New Jersey for training for 2 weeks! It's been pretty tough because for the 6 months we've been together, we've maybe spent a total of 10 days apart. And before she left, we knew we were going to miss each other and all that. I think we were kinda getting to that content stage with each other, you know how after a while that "puppy love" stage wears off. Well holy jumpin Moses, I don't think I've talked on the phone this much since high school! I had no idea how much we'd actually miss each other. I ended up sending a card, roses, and a teddy bear to her room just to show her how much I miss her. She helps me so much and has been a big part in getting me to where I am this very moment, and I just cannot wait until she comes back. Because once she's here, we finish up packing for our new place!
In the beginning of August, we're moving in together to an apartment in Elk Grove. It's only 5 minutes at most from work, it's on the ground floor(THANK THE LORD) and it's being remodeled as we speak! And thanks to Kel, we've already got everything accounted for, furniture, kitchen stuff, and all that. The only stuff left to do is buy the food and we're set. And it's fortunate we already set this into motion, cause no joke, DAYS after we all signed the roommate release form, the complex kicked everyone out and they're building condos. Expect them to become apartments again soon, cause I don't know anyone stupid enough to buy the place I've been living in for the $232,000 they offered us at a discount. But it's all for the best anyway. The whole roommate deal went pretty sour as of late, like money disputes and stupid antics/stunts. I'm just glad to be getting out of there. Hopefully nothing blows up in the next 2 weeks and this ends out as smooth as it should. Pray for me :P
But yeah, Friday she gets back, and that'll be coming up pretty quick, seeing that I'm spending all my extra time packing and moving. It's amazing, a year ago, I'd have never thought I'd be where I'm at right now. I'm losing weight and healthier than I've been in a long time, I've got the car I've wanted since I was 8 years old, And not only and I moving to a newly remodeled apartment, I'm doing so with a woman I'm more in love with than I thought possible. And I thank God every day for it.