Boredom leads to typing
So I've just placed this song on repeat, and seeing as it's the second best song in the world, and possibly my favorite song of all time, I dunno how long I'll be listening to it for...or how long I'll be typing.
In the prep-work process of readying Hannah for the road, I've been doing quite a bit of work on her. But it seems, as with most things in life, that right when you sail through a bunch of stuff without vast complication or hitting a wall of some kind, you're bound to get that big kick at the end. That came today. I found out that if you're (un)lucky enough to have a '91 MR2 with Premium Sound, there's no easy after-market solution for wiring up a new head unit; it takes a fascinating bit of making your own to manage it. The amazing thing is it happens to be only this model year, and only that sound system. Guess I'm just gifted like that. Of course, I also never had the code for the radio/CD player that came with it, so I can't even plug that back in. Guess I'm without a stereo in either car for a while.
On the up-side, I made my first 6-month insurance payment on her ($707, why am I a single male aged 18-25?) through Progressive. My plan was to go to the DMV today and get the registration and plates so I could have her on the road tomorrow. Of course, it's Veteran's Day weekend, so the DMV's closed today. Hopefully I'll drag myself out of bed early enough tomorrow morning to go before work. Other high note is that I successfully redid the instrument cluster lighting and the ignition ring light in amber, so they mostly match the body color. Looks pretty hot.
Today's just one of those days that gets you apathetic. I'm not much in the mood to do anything. It's grey outside, everything is wet from the fall rain we've been getting, and right now I'm in the house alone. I've been fighting to get the MR2 on the road, putting off repairs, so on, and now I feel like my life is a monetary hole and I can't really afford to do anything I want to be doing. As for work...I have no motivation to go to work. What makes me get up each day and go is a sense of obligation, not motivation. I'm quite loyal, through no fault of my own, to any business I work for or any professional relationship I have. I can't help but feel like it's such a tenuous relationship. It's so false. At least where I'm working now that's the case. The only job security I have in my position is my ability to show up on time and do what needs to be done. If I blow that, they haven't got any issue with firing me and picking up someone else for the job. And honestly, I'm not sure I'm getting more money working at Piedmont than I was at NTB. I think I'm, surprisingly, making less. Some of it is 3 hours less work a week, some is taxes (which I feel like they have wrong at Piedmont, but then I looked over a VA W-4 and I don't have any state exemptions; maybe it's a Federal tax issue.) I realize I'll get it back in April if I've overpaid, but it's not always useful to wait that long. Maybe I made more in commissions than I thought at NTB. The trade-off is that I'm paying less out for gas and time since I don't have to sit in traffic. I guess I felt like the managers were better, and everyone was more connected in friendship than just working relationships. I don't do well with the falsehood.
My room's a bit of a wreck, but I have no intention to clean it really. Just don't feel like doing much today. I guess I should enjoy the fact that I have a day off from work, and don't really have to do anything. I'm still debating the idea of driving down to JMU tonight to see Fireflight play, but I feel like it's not worth the cost.
Just looked into this wiring business a bit more. I'm going to run out and hope I can find the stuff I need.
In the prep-work process of readying Hannah for the road, I've been doing quite a bit of work on her. But it seems, as with most things in life, that right when you sail through a bunch of stuff without vast complication or hitting a wall of some kind, you're bound to get that big kick at the end. That came today. I found out that if you're (un)lucky enough to have a '91 MR2 with Premium Sound, there's no easy after-market solution for wiring up a new head unit; it takes a fascinating bit of making your own to manage it. The amazing thing is it happens to be only this model year, and only that sound system. Guess I'm just gifted like that. Of course, I also never had the code for the radio/CD player that came with it, so I can't even plug that back in. Guess I'm without a stereo in either car for a while.
On the up-side, I made my first 6-month insurance payment on her ($707, why am I a single male aged 18-25?) through Progressive. My plan was to go to the DMV today and get the registration and plates so I could have her on the road tomorrow. Of course, it's Veteran's Day weekend, so the DMV's closed today. Hopefully I'll drag myself out of bed early enough tomorrow morning to go before work. Other high note is that I successfully redid the instrument cluster lighting and the ignition ring light in amber, so they mostly match the body color. Looks pretty hot.
Today's just one of those days that gets you apathetic. I'm not much in the mood to do anything. It's grey outside, everything is wet from the fall rain we've been getting, and right now I'm in the house alone. I've been fighting to get the MR2 on the road, putting off repairs, so on, and now I feel like my life is a monetary hole and I can't really afford to do anything I want to be doing. As for work...I have no motivation to go to work. What makes me get up each day and go is a sense of obligation, not motivation. I'm quite loyal, through no fault of my own, to any business I work for or any professional relationship I have. I can't help but feel like it's such a tenuous relationship. It's so false. At least where I'm working now that's the case. The only job security I have in my position is my ability to show up on time and do what needs to be done. If I blow that, they haven't got any issue with firing me and picking up someone else for the job. And honestly, I'm not sure I'm getting more money working at Piedmont than I was at NTB. I think I'm, surprisingly, making less. Some of it is 3 hours less work a week, some is taxes (which I feel like they have wrong at Piedmont, but then I looked over a VA W-4 and I don't have any state exemptions; maybe it's a Federal tax issue.) I realize I'll get it back in April if I've overpaid, but it's not always useful to wait that long. Maybe I made more in commissions than I thought at NTB. The trade-off is that I'm paying less out for gas and time since I don't have to sit in traffic. I guess I felt like the managers were better, and everyone was more connected in friendship than just working relationships. I don't do well with the falsehood.
My room's a bit of a wreck, but I have no intention to clean it really. Just don't feel like doing much today. I guess I should enjoy the fact that I have a day off from work, and don't really have to do anything. I'm still debating the idea of driving down to JMU tonight to see Fireflight play, but I feel like it's not worth the cost.
Just looked into this wiring business a bit more. I'm going to run out and hope I can find the stuff I need.