2 weekends ago, i sold my almost-brand-new tires off my storm to a married-student couple on campus. we took our cars to discount tire (where i bought the tires) to have the tires remounted on our rims. to make a long story short, the worker that backed my car out of the bay bought my car last monday. so by the time everyone finishes paying me, i'll receive double the trade-in value for a totalled car. God's pretty crazy like that.

on wednesday i caught a ride home with some friends and picked up my new car. it didn't take long at all to fall in love with it. :) mom was right - it drives like a new car, except that the clutch doesn't stick. that said, i've been in a vehicle entirely too much lately, even if it's mostly been in my new car. it almost seems like i've become bored with driving, but i think it's more that i'm tired of being alone with my thoughts. at least on campus, i can fill my mind with homework, the rest of the crap i have to do, and other stuff i should be doing. but while i'm away, i don't have any of that to distract myself with.

like yesterday, i spent most of the day trying to focus my mind on something. it took forever to read magazine articles and the few other things i tried. finally i just gave up and took a nap. so now i've tried to read every magazine in the house and am not tired. i really don't want to do any homework this weekend, but i don't think i would get anything done even if i tried. man, christmas is going to drive me crazy - 3 weeks of little to do.

i half-way wish i was graduated and was settled in my new life. i don't want to leave letourneau and all the people i know there. i don't look forward to the process of finding a job and making all the decisions that go along with moving to a new place. i just want to get it all over with and be settled somewhere. i want to finally get my life started.

twas a wonderful day

the day started off with news that ardith's dad might get a new heart today. nothing could top that, but good circumstances kept following me throughout the day. i wasn't looking forward to work at all because our IT audit was supposed to begin this afternoon. but when i got in, my boss said it had been scheduled for next week all along (he had misread the email). *phew* then tonight we had a soccer game. i had a blast playing goalie! it's a perfect position -- not much running and plenty of adrenaline! later i called my mom to see if she had purchased the car we had been looking at buying. a dealer we've been working with found it on an online auction at the end of last week and we decided to get it. so today mom went to test-drive it and sign the papers. as it turned out, the car was much cheaper and had many less miles than i had expected. it's a silver-blue 5-speed 2002 saturn (i'm not sure of the model) with only 29,000 miles. so right now, i actually own 2 cars. how many college students do you know that can say that? :)

4 years ago i took the myers-briggs and i was 75% intraverted. 2 weeks ago i took it and i was 52% extraverted. now i'm 69% extraverted. i've always thought of myself as an intravert, but i told a friend about my results and she wasn't surprised at all. it's kinda funny how sometimes others know us better than we know ourselves. anyways...here are my most recent results...

Extroverted (E) 69.23% Introverted (I) 30.77%
Sensing (S) 70.27% Intuitive (N) 29.73%
Thinking (T) 59.46% Feeling (F) 40.54%
Judging (J) 62.86% Perceiving (P) 37.14%

ESTJ - "Administrator". Much in touch with the external environment. Very responsible. Pillar of strength. 8.7% of total population.

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if we couldn't laugh, we would all go insane. --jimmy buffett

i have definitely spent more time with some of my apt-mates tonight than ever before. i know they're entertaining, but each time i hang out with them, it becomes more and more evident. like...tonight i listened to a 1/2-hr long tape-recording of ardith doing her taxes 2 yrs ago. and as we speak, i'm watching heather...well, i have no idea what she's doing, but it's really entertaining.