in case you're wondering why I never seem to post anymore, part of the reason is that debboamerik posts everything first. she does not, however, have a picture.

speaking of pictures, we did in fact settle on an engagement ring; it's 18kt white gold. we should have them by Saturday. and I cut my hair.

so early last week, I was in my car with Eva, my almost 6 year-old niece. she'd dropped something in the backseat and when I found it for her, I said, "hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat." she gave me the half-puzzled, half-impatient look only a bright almost 6 year-old is capable of when dealing with an adult who is being inexplicably ( Read more... )

I had to go see my allergist this morning, for a post-flu checkup. I absolutely hate the drive to his office, because at any time of day the 5-mile section of the Beltway I have to take always has ridiculous traffic made up of people driving like morons. my appointment today was for 9:30, so I got the tail-end of rush hour. I was doing okay til the ( Read more... )

we went to W. VA. for our friend J's birthday party Saturday. debboamerik drove, and I spent a lot of time biting my tongue (my resolution for our anniversary was to stop criticizing her driving while we're in the car, though I reserve the right to tease her about it good-naturedly otherwise). we took 270 to 70 to 81, and once we were on 70 I noticed Corvy ( ( Read more... )

in slightly more amusing news, debboamerik had to drive us to Baltimore yesterday, because I can't drive over residential speeding limits, in Beltway traffic, or in the dark without my glasses. my girlfriend will perhaps not hurt me too much if I mention that even when I can see well enough where we're going I'm not terribly fond of being driven places by her ( Read more... )

so, Corvy's AC went out last fall toward the end of September. I didn't do anything about it cuz, well, it was the end of September and I wasn't gonna need the AC any time soon. also, I figured more than likely she was just out of freon which is a relatively cheap fix and we were bound to be in a better financial situation by the time summer rolled ( Read more... )

our Internet went down sometime Wednesday morning and didn't come back up until this afternoon/evening. Comcast initially claimed they were "doing work in the area," and that it would be back in 24 hours. then Thursday they said it was an "area outage" and it would take 24-48 hours to repair. presumably at least one other neighbor got tired of the ( Read more... )

some lady in a Mercedes plowed into my car when I was on my way to my doctor's appointment this morning. she drifted completely over the line out of the middle lane and scraped my rear driver-side door but good with her right front wheel as I was slowing down to turn right. she was doing at least 45mph and had no idea how she'd come to hit me, ( Read more... )

I got my first speeding ticket, as determined by one of those photo radar detectors. it says I was doing 48 in a 30, which would be totally believable except they're claiming I was doing this on the northbound side of Connecticut Ave. in Chevy Chase, MD, 2 miles south of the Beltway, at 6:15pm on a Thursday. if traffic courts worked by the ( Read more... )

today's hero: spiffnolee, for teaching me good driving reflexes such that when Corvy's power steering belt snapped earlier this afternoon, I was able to maintain speed, change lanes, and make a U-turn to get the car to the mechanic's without panicking or killing myself or anyone else. I'm so glad I was driving and not debboamerik. I'm also glad this happened now and ( Read more... )