Just Checking In

Hey.

How's it going? Staying out of trouble?

Good.

Yeah, things are okay with me. Just haven't been blogging, that's all. Not much to say. The routine has kicked in really well.

Actually, I've been participating in more spending sprees. But everything I've bought is vacation-related, so I figure that it's "essential".

My weekend hasn't really gone according to plan. Couldn't do laundry due to unforeseen plumbing issues in my basement. We're going to have to call in a professional tomorrow.

Hey, here's something funny that my brother told me. There's a type of landmine that he uses during training that has these instructions on it: "This side towards enemy". That's so reassuring and frightening at the same time. Kind of like the instructions on a rocket launcher: "Point away from face".

Anyway...

Later.

"A few times I've been around that track, so it's not just gonna happen like that"

Good-bye Big Five...

I came home this afternoon and he was gone...

My parents sold the Big Five. I think my father put the ad in the paper yesterday and at 8 o'clock this morning people were already calling. Big Five went to a guy who lived close by and apparently had a Big Five of his own, leading us to conclude that he was buying ours for parts.

"Dad, I think he's an ivory dealer. His boots are ivory, his hat is ivory, and I'm pretty sure that check is ivory."
"Lisa, a guy who's got lots of ivory is less likely to hurt Stampy than a guy whose ivory supplies are low."

How appropriate that this episode aired today.

So sad...so many memories. And now we're going to get a car that will fit into the same amount of space as the hood of the Big Five.

"I got me a Chrysler, it's as big as a whale, and it's about to set sail"