CIMG2286, originally uploaded by OctopusHat.

hey guys. the car is quickly on its way to being fixed, in phases. phase I was: take the tire off. phase II is tomorrow morning: take it into the shop. phase III, saturday morning: put the new tire on. i am quite luckily being assisted by paul of hollywood, whom i met at the ho's. after being the helpless damsel in so many situations since i've started living here, i was stubborn enough to really be going through with it on my own. i had printed-out directions and all of your lovely advice. then paul asks, "so how are you going to get it to the shop?" i shared with him my idea of strapping it to kitten's back and sending her off to the shop with a $50 in her mouth. he offered to drop it off instead. she's kinda small, after all. so he's helping out with said phases - but i'm paying attention this time, dammit!

i've been looking at flickr the past couple of days and have made myself entirely too nostalgic for far too many things. i love pics for the reason; they help you to remember things so much more vividly than you can on your own. i miss leaves in the fall, although i guess i could jump in the piles of hurricane debris if i get that hard up. i miss having tiny kittens in the house, bumbling around. i miss my family. i miss diving. i miss having someone. sigh.

anyway, lucky for me, ms. bell is coming down for a drink tonight! i've missed that too! :)

¶ 6:15 PM